I’ve had very little experience with the youtube algorithm as I don’t spend much time there.
But based on tonight, I gotta say it’s pretty good. I listened to the Spinners - Rubberband Man. Then the algorithm proceeded to pick a dozen badass soul songs in a row that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Scary to think of that kind of power applied to conspiracy theories.
I mean djoko unless I deliver a hell of a shot to the opposite corner, he wins. I can see a scenario where I close my eyes and hit a single vs deGrom. I can’t come up with that scenario vs Djoko
Think id have a harder time hitting a good knuckle ball or curve than a straight fastball. At least in the low 90 per mile range. My next door neighbor when i was in high school could hit the high 80’s low 90’s without much movement and i could hit off him. Movement on a fastball changes things up though.
Imagine a rock hard ball travelling and moving at that speed, also with mainly vertical movement at the batter after bouncing first. How great would that be to watch?
I use it tons (prob 1-2 hrs/day) and agree. Their suggestions line up with my interests spot on, nothing but woodworking, engineering, car building, and billiards with a smidge of poker thrown in. I’d imagine if I had conspiracy tendencies it’d be loose change all the way down. Seems like that would really feed on itself.
One thing that should be clarified is what you mean by “hit” a 100mph fastball? Are we talking just make contact? Or put the ball in play? Or actually get a single? It’s obviously way easier to simply make contact or put the ball in play, you could do that fairly consistently by bunting. Getting a single or better, on the other hand, would be nearly impossible. I have like zero experience with tennis (I played baseball in HS) but I’d imagine it’s much more likely that you could put a baseball in play than returning a serve in play but I think it’s probably basically equally likely that you could get a single or better or win a point, which is to say they both approach zero.
Against Djoko, you are just cheating to one side, sticking your racket out and hoping and praying. Might get lucky and hit a funky shot back that throws him off.
I’ve tried to hit a cricket ball from a decent pitcher. It was indeed very hard. But also I refused to swing lightly or bunt (whatever you call it in cricket) like I should have.