A professional fastball travels seven feet before a human brain can even react
Human biology meets its limit on the baseball diamond, where a professional fastball covers seven feet of ground before the batter's brain can even process that the ball has been released.
A 100 mph fastball reaches the plate so quickly that it travels seven feet before a hitter's 150-millisecond reaction time even kicks in. This leaves the athlete with a mere fraction of a second to track the spin and swing. This physical challenge has turned baseball into a global phenomenon, with the World Baseball Classic drawing 800 million viewers.
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