I'm loving binge watching MythBusters!

@segachildstarspawn2624

Ай бұрын

Who doesn't? 😊

Adam hitting the bat on the metal tube will never not be funny lol

@baggieknight8411

7 ай бұрын

No what NEVER stops being funny is watching all the flab jiggle and shake on high speed

@stedel542

6 ай бұрын

​@@baggieknight8411😢😢🎉🎉🎉4🎉

@idontknowu231

2 ай бұрын

and jamie is just standing behind him not even laughing

@DeclanBurger

2 ай бұрын

@@idontknowu231 I didn't even see jamie in the background that makes it even funnier man just watching like yep there he goes again

"I can make a robot that can do it" Oh grant. You are missed. R.i.P

@AbbStar1989

7 ай бұрын

RIP Grant. You will be remembered.

As a Blue Jays fan, Ed Sprague is the highlight of this episode.

Please upload more seasons 🙏🏼

Plot twist the MLB paid the MythBusters to say the corked bat is worse so that guys stop doing it.

@martinkuliza

3 ай бұрын

yeah Except......... we have results that can't be fucked with . Truth be told , even before the results i suspected that the cork would absorb the force

@christopherdean1326

3 ай бұрын

What made me laugh is how they wouldn't show how it was done, like anyone who wanted to do it couldn't work it out in less than a minute....

@martinkuliza

3 ай бұрын

@@christopherdean1326 Exactly, especially with the visible cut lines on the bat

@cyphi474

Ай бұрын

Worse for range, better for control.

@scrivener68

Ай бұрын

Two things have long been known about baseball: corking your bat doesn't improve anything, and athletes are infinitely more likely to listen to "conventional wisdom" than actual facts. So bat-corking will continue and whatever the next stupid alternative mystic quantum woo-woo fad is, it will spread like wildfire throughout the sport. (See: those scam "ionized titanium" rope necklaces everyone was wearing not too long ago because people are too stupid for words.)

The corking of the bat is a massive variable in itself...

"Robot combat" Grant was one of the best in it.

humid baseball one has quite a simple explanation: The bat supposedly always has the same weight, so let's say the striking speed and force are constant. Now if we modify the weight of the ball that means, the lighter the object is, the more kinetic energy it receives. Even just a few grams difference. The second factor is the consistency of the ball. The harder it is, the less energy it will absorb and the more will go into kinetic energy, compared to a soft ball, where the ball itself absorbs a lot of the impact.

Being from the UK I thought cricket was boring but after watching baseball WOW! That takes boring into the statosphere!

its safe to say always great to rewatch old mythbusters content again and seeing unseen footage and ofcs Grant imahara. this is also why we got king of random.

matching the speed of the swinging bats eliminates the exact physics that makes the lighter bats impart greater energy into the ball. Ted Williams was very clear about this, and no one was more dedicated to the search for more powerful hitting than him. The mass of the bat is a big part of the equation. But it's the swing, the speed of the swing that drives the ball. Simple example; Imagine a 20kg bat - now hold the bat out stationary, pitch the ball so it strikes the bat - home run??? no. No swing, no go. Take a proper weight bat, do the same, get the same result. Now, swing the bat - slowly. Ball goes, a little. Swing faster - ball goes farther. Keep increasing the speed and the ball goes increasingly farther. Speed of swing increases power and distance. Now determine the energy used to swing that bat - NOT the speed. Take a lighter bat, impart the same energy and see the speed of the swing increase - and we know that increased speed of swing sends the ball farther. THAT is the experiment.

@allanshpeley4284

6 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment. They goofed hard on this one, though the outcome is likely the same.

@haytguugle8656

6 ай бұрын

@@allanshpeley4284 As I noted; Ted Williams spent his entire career determining and proving that, given the limits on the specs for a legal bat, it is the speed of the swing that will take the ball farther. One more example: how the incredible wind speed of a tornado can push a piece of wheat straw deep into the trunk of a tree. That is definitely NOT about the mass, it's all about the speed. 🙂

@haytguugle8656

5 ай бұрын

@@allanshpeley4284 As for the outcome being the same, mostly likely, yes. IF they are only looking at one or two strikes. The problem happens after repeated use. That said, a long time ago, when I was working construction, my tool belt had two hammers; one 27oz. Rig axe with a wooden handle for doing most active work. And a steel shafted 16oz. for pulling nails and getting into smaller spaces. VERY often, nails are driven deep into the wood requiring what is called a "cat's paw". The small claw is placed on the wood head of the nail, and then struck with the smaller hammer to drive the small paw under the head of the nail. The reason for the second hammer was so the "waffle" face of the hammer side of the rig axe stays sharp.

@CyanPhoenix_

5 ай бұрын

even if you can swing a corked bat faster than a normal bat, cork is significantly more easily compressed, meaning you will get less transfer of energy onto the ball overall which they did mention in the video. i'd say the biggest impact a corked bat might have would be that a batter's faster swing would allow them more control, giving them a higher chance of getting a good hit, plus the psychological impact giving the batter more confidence.

@haytguugle8656

5 ай бұрын

@@CyanPhoenix_ All I can say is to repeat what Ted Williams said; (paraphrase) "It's all in the speed of the swing."

So MythBusters concluded what every man could have told you, dry balls are better 😂

This is literally my teen years love it

Would have been something if the tech was there to have Mythbusters and Slow Mo Guys collaboration for some of these episodes.

Really wish they were still around to revisit the cork bat. I'd like to see them make a steel reinforced bat to see if that has the opposite effect.

@Ahop63

4 ай бұрын

and also just try swinging the corked bat faster.

Rising ball myth may have more to do with batting than pitching. Batter has about 0.2-0.3 seconds to identify ball's course so calculating ball drop is something that is less of a impromptu decision and more of a drill, so when a pitcher throws fastball with faster backspin it has longer hang time that makes the batter misjudge height of a swing and from their point of view it seems like the ball suddenly rose from its projected path.

I wonder why the humid ball one wasn't confirmed yet instead was plausible. Like, they humid ones clearly came shorter, and drier farther. No real debate there. Yet the corked bat one really didn't get much more in depth testing lmao.

When Tory said 125 inches is _like 10,5 feet_ that sounded way too perfect so i had to look it up, turns out its 10,4167 feet, honestly how Americans get anything done with imperial is beyond me haha. The whole test seemed kind of pointless anyway, because of course adding moisture makes something both softer and heavier, and a heavier softer thing will obviously bounce less/go less far?? But eh, issues aside still a fun episode 😁👍

@haytguugle8656

6 ай бұрын

I will agree with you about the "imperial" system of measurements. But I am astoundingly confused as to how Europeans miss the 'point' of a "decimal POINT", instead using a comma?????????? Commas are used to demonstrate having completed 'thousands' places and changing to the next grouping; thousands, millions, billions, trillions, etc. The decimal POINT is used to separate the whole numbers from the fractions on the number line. 🙂 Have fun!!!

@allanshpeley4284

6 ай бұрын

Agree. Europeans are dopes with their decimal and comma placement.

@lunamuna5934

6 ай бұрын

​@@haytguugle8656 it usually goes the other way around 1.000.000 or THE MOST COMMON AND LESS DUMB WAY 1 000 000 have a great one (and yes its a comma for decimal, like : 1.323)

@mytube001

5 ай бұрын

@@haytguugle8656 Most of us use space as the thousands separator, making the choice of decimal point or comma irrelevant. For aesthetic purposes, I use a decimal point myself. There is never any confusion. 1 000 000 is one million. 10 000.5 is ten thousand and a half.

@Webwra

5 ай бұрын

​@@haytguugle8656I am confused about your decimal point point. It is called a ​ "decimal point" in english, but not every county speaks that language. In my native language we literally say "decimal comma".

Balls with a backspin suddenly rising in mid-air isn't that much of a mistery anymore... ask an airsofter or paintballer about a Hopup that's too tight. -Awwww, but that closing statement from Grant, I can't stay mad.

28:44 the mojo of the throw though?

I have covid and these vids are the only thing getting me through

@astronomyphilly

6 ай бұрын

No, you don't. Get a grip and turn off the TV.

@brodyhoug4791

6 ай бұрын

@@astronomyphilly goat lover

@wingerding

Ай бұрын

COVID still? Positive test?

good thing they didn't show us exactly how to drill a hole....

The "slide or not" myth is about diving into first base rather than running through. It has nothing whatsoever to do with second base.

@wingerding

Ай бұрын

What about home?

@scrivener68

Ай бұрын

@@wingerding The vast majority of plays at home require tagging the runner, making it different from first base, which is always a force play. I would add, though, that I'd love to see "to slide or not" tested on plays at home, to see if it's actually better (most of the time, anyway) to try to run through the tag as fast as possible or to try to slide under it.

@alaric_

Ай бұрын

About that sliding, Finnish baseball uses only diving as it is by far the fastest way. There are videos where players dive from full speed, several meters from the line and are safe quicker then the slow knee-sliding. It keeps the full speed while in the air and extended arms reach safe earlier then leg slowly inching towards the base.

Was i the only one or everyone thought the Black and White baseball player looked like jamie

Plot twist: corked bats were a match fixing ploy... 👀

8:04 Major League officials don't want us showing how that's done 8:27 Shows Cross sectional layout of exactly what was done LMFAO, As if there was some secret to it

now america likes rugby more than baseball

Corked bat- is taking out the core leave the outside more springy? even if replaced with cork? Maybe thats the secret. Heavy hollow bat? Also if you are thrown a ball that curves downward, how can you swing at it or down as you swing and hit it?? Once you swing, its a strike, so you dont have time to see when the balls on its way at those speeds to adjust??

@kevinmorrice

4 ай бұрын

its actually to lighten the bat while keeping it solid, allows for a faster swing

I have seen the skin of a baseball start to come off the before that just after months of use

@wumbojet

7 ай бұрын

That's why the MLB changes the ball after each hit if I'm not mistaken, just any irregularity on the skin might change how the ball behaves

mythbusters gatekeeping corking a bat lol

7:36

I think at the hide myth you missed just one point. What about deterioration of the ball. So maybe if a ball is used to often and the stitching is not that great anymore it may then be plausible ;)

My God it looks like Adam and Jamie have never swung a bat before.

The birth of adams baseball bat diagram in the back of his shop!

Only needed to shoot the balls at the bat

they should have tried blue balls..

@Boycott_Wendys

6 ай бұрын

Humid balls slow me down...

Is the vacuum pump itself not going to remove some of the humidity already? Just asking out of interest.

@meinesongs2833

Ай бұрын

I don't think they're stuck on the pump long enough to have any effect. In the clip it looks like a few seconds at most.

W

Clearly mlb got to these fools a corked bat is far superior

Corked bat overlooks an important factor. Psychology. Picture it. You're catching, you know from the last few batters where balls typically land, there's a really decent area balls are landing. Now the dude goes in with a swing which by all means should be a homer, you watch that bat hit the ball and just as you start off to where you've calculated the ball to go you realise something, that monster swing has a short ball. Panic, guys rush to intercept that ball but it's too late, batter has become Forrest Gump. Would a corked bat not be a brilliant way of messing with the opponents experience during a game?

@CyanPhoenix_

5 ай бұрын

I don't know why any fielder would base their positioning on how "hard" the swing looked, and not, you know, the trajectory of the ball in the air. the only psychological impact a corked bat would have is on the batter, if they think that the bat they're using is "better" than normal then they might swing with more confidence.

Man, back in the day i never noticed how incredibly redundant the narrator is. Cut out every repetition of a statement and these episodes are all 20% shorter at least

You're inept if you're uncoordinated physically. A lot of these myths are based on a lack of physical world experience. You need Soul too. That's most important. When there's no time to run "tests" and your life depends on it. There's no time to think. Science always has to play catch up to waht's already happening. Science Theory or Science Myth?

first view, like and comment baby!

Except baseball came from beachville ontario in Canada. Same as American football came from McGill university in Quebec Canada

@Webwra

5 ай бұрын

And? As far as I heard nothing in the episode states otherwise.

@timthompson7205

5 ай бұрын

@@Webwra then watch it again. How many times did they say America’s game? They weren’t referring to North America.

@stedel542

2 ай бұрын

Regardless of its origins, it is now amaricas pass time