I believe that the pitchers should wear some type of helmet

@Tjtjboy

5 ай бұрын

That would result in slower pitches. It would completely change the game.

@JamesTundra

5 ай бұрын

@@Tjtjboyhow???

@DomTheBartenderGuy

5 ай бұрын

Added weight would slow their stride and step, these guys have been pitching almost the exact same mechanic their whole lives you can’t so I don’t know if they’d be able to just change it to compensate for the difference

@alexterrazas6100

5 ай бұрын

Also more limited vision when someone’s trying to steal

@bruh23556

5 ай бұрын

their hats already have a little bit of protection unlike everyone else’s hats

One of those “cool ima throw a cooler in the dugout” moments 😂😂

@easby

4 ай бұрын

such an overrated sport

@Voltaic_Fire

4 ай бұрын

​@@easbyIt's a matter of taste, it's neither better or worse than whatever it is you enjoy.

@PHXNKVHXLIC

3 ай бұрын

@@easbybetter than any European sport lol

@easby

3 ай бұрын

@@PHXNKVHXLIC not even close

@ChorizoFungis

3 ай бұрын

@@PHXNKVHXLICdon’t say that, the europeans will get mad. And don’t get them started with soccer 🤣

Ok but Collin McHugh doing a Bullet Time out of the Matrix to get from the ball was the coolest move on a bounce back. the umpire was laughing with him about it.

@danielcalvert2700

4 ай бұрын

Watching that live was so friggin funny. I made sure to go the Astros' home game the next season to get the bobblehead they made for it.

@Truckerdaddy

3 ай бұрын

Dude that shit was wild. Had he been a half second slower he might he died from being hit in the neck

As a pitcher for most of my life I’ve taken quite a few hits on the mound and let me tell you a ball coming straight at you is the scariest situation in any sport. You can try to get your glove up in time or Duck out of the way but there really isn’t much you can do if the ball is coming straight at you at 90mph, let alone the 110 MLB pitchers see.

@PHXNKVHXLIC

3 ай бұрын

I’ve taken 4 and one square to the back trying to turn away. It was always a big beefy lefty too lol

@ryanburns3921

3 ай бұрын

Facts. I've taken quite a few myself. Your reaction is mostly instinct. Getting a glove on it is as much self-preservation as it is trying to make a play.

@highendservicesbarrieont8347

2 ай бұрын

Hockey goalies...but they equip fairly well also

@TheGlitched-NPC

26 күн бұрын

You can duck or put your glove up, and you have .001 seconds to decide 🤣

@CharlesMontgomery-gt9yz

16 күн бұрын

From 60 feet away in high school after I would pitch and I usually would get hit with a ball I would were Ice packs under my shirt

Baseball players truly have one of the fastest reaction times out there

@NN-oz6rr

3 ай бұрын

Baseball is the #1 sport for hand eye coordination. Table tennis is #2.

@Goalie24132

2 ай бұрын

Lacrosse goalies be like ...😐

@Scoobis-AU

2 ай бұрын

@@Goalie24132 nah

@Goalie24132

2 ай бұрын

@@Scoobis-AU I can agree that pitchers have insanely fast reflexes. But look up videos about lacrosse goalies. Getting 90+mph shots from 5 yards away

@Scoobis-AU

2 ай бұрын

@@Goalie24132 nah

Cleveland just different

@SansationalTrash

4 ай бұрын

You’re damn right, man. All roads lead back to Cleveland

@IbelieveinGod483

2 ай бұрын

​@@SansationalTrashExcept the commissioner's trophy

@rin4827

2 ай бұрын

Comebacker and Cleveland... if only Herb Score had caught that thing...

@chrisconlin5495

20 күн бұрын

Ohio

Cleveland pitchers have lightening fast reaction

I played baseball for years and I can honestly say the few times I got a line shot back at me on the pitcher's mound, were some of the most terrifying moments I remember.

This doesnt happen all the time but comebackers in the MLB is probably the most dangerous event to occur in baseball. There is really no way to prevent a 110 MPH line drive right at your face. The comebacker on Bassett a season or two ago is a good example of this

@thomasharris9059

4 ай бұрын

A lot of pitchers windups also wouldn’t allow for them to protect themselves in time even if it were theoretically possible. Def a pitcher is going to die at some point. They get hit at a pretty steady rate. MLB needs to require the protection at some point because no pitcher is going to voluntarily wear it, they’ll get made fun of by the rest of the bullpen.

@thomasharris9059

4 ай бұрын

Not to mention, of course, online, and probably in the media as well.

@mxspokes

4 ай бұрын

Look up Bryce Florie.

@JamesJamersonIsAGod

Ай бұрын

@@mxspokesthat’s all I can think of when I see this. I watched that game live on TV and his face basically imploded, so much blood before they cut the cameras off of him

My favorite is the one where the batter goes "did you catch that?" And the pitchers like "yea i did"

@Scorpious187

3 ай бұрын

It's the second one in this video, Jose Fernadez catching Troy Tulowitzki's line drive.

@spacedoutgaming

3 ай бұрын

@Scorpious187 ah okay, I thought it looked familiar but I've never seen it from that angle

Those Cleveland pitchers are pretty damn good.

It amazes me just how many legendary baseball moments happen to Cleveland.

If you never pitched you have no idea what it is like seeing that ball heading right at you

@pudgeboyardee32

4 ай бұрын

I have but I always hated the ball being hit behind me during BP. Coach would have people doing drills in the outfield and a couple of us would screen hits from getting to them. Sometimes your back would be turned running a ball down and CRACK the ball comes at you. You can feel the sound hit the back of your head and your ears will damn near see the ball for your eyes before you can get turned around. One of the weirdest sensations of my entire life. Always scared me real bad.

@cubsfanman-nx6pg

4 ай бұрын

Its crazy its like everything goes into slow motion but you can't move

@billrobertson5895

4 ай бұрын

@@cubsfanman-nx6pg I’m just glad that I was taught how to finish up a pitch and be in a ready position to field instantly. Saved my skin on multiple occasions.

@gonuts4donuts

3 ай бұрын

@@cubsfanman-nx6pg the one time I had a line drive come back at me while pitching, it seemed like that. It felt like like an eternity, but I just remembered seeing the ball and sticking my glove up in front of my face and caught it. It scared the shit out of me. Last time I ever pitched as I preferred playing Catcher or Third Base anyway lol.

@PHXNKVHXLIC

3 ай бұрын

I’ve caught one like the way Stephan did just not 110 MPH, I dropped the ball immediately and walked to the dugout as the crowd cheered. Genuinely the most G thing I’ve ever done

Them Cleveland pitchers got some fast reflexes

I imagine that feeling of grabbing it from 111 mph like "your bat means jack shit to my hands"

Bro acted like 1 mph more was 10mph more

@plummit24

4 ай бұрын

It is in sports. When you’re at the limit of something and it increases a bit it’s incredible

@Phantom_Zone

4 ай бұрын

If anything is coming at you, even a small increase in speed can change the outcome. Because the energy also increases with speed.

@IceTTom

4 ай бұрын

“He only beat the other car by 1 second in the 1/4mile drag race”

@Richard_Nickerson

3 ай бұрын

Right? 110? Fine. 111? ABSURD.

@theodoreturner1309

3 ай бұрын

@plummit24 and @Phantom_Zone i get what you're saying but I think it would have to be more than just one to go from regular to "RIDICULOUS" and "OH MY GOD"

Man, I can't believe there was ever a time I thought baseball was boring. Stuff like this is crazy to see.

@lewislathrop7077

4 ай бұрын

You have to either be really into televised sports or be able to get some decent seats.

For people who think baseball isn’t a contact sport

@RedNinny27

5 ай бұрын

Clearly it isn't there was not one time any contact happened in this video lmao

@jtweet7763

5 ай бұрын

​@RedNinny27 in this video, they don't catch them every time

@Diddyparty32

5 ай бұрын

Contact is when a body touches a body

@triptoliscent2663

5 ай бұрын

when you dont know what a contact sport is

@Spu.d

5 ай бұрын

When do they come in contact with each other?

Jesse is the man! Hope he's in baseball forever, pitching in Atlanta!

@dbbaseball19

4 ай бұрын

I think he's on a minor league deal rn to Chicago

@vancelubben5300

4 ай бұрын

He's with the White Sox now. I hope he makes my team

W Indians, when we used to be good

@Bilski86

5 ай бұрын

You mean when we were healthy. The Indians are owners of the central when they’re healthy

@jefffinkbonner9551

5 ай бұрын

Glad people are still calling them the Indians

@Bilski86

5 ай бұрын

@@jefffinkbonner9551 I’m a Cleveland man and Native American. They will always be the Indians

@CoVault

4 ай бұрын

May the Tribe rally on

@pohorex6834

4 ай бұрын

We are still good, we’ve had a retooling and our hitting is finally coming around. If McKenzie stays healthy this year, be weary

Those guys have some excellent reflexes

It's like Jack Burton said in Big Trouble In Little China, "It's all in the reflexes."

When I was very young, a main reason I quit baseball was because of a close call pitching at someone and almost getting hit. The second reason was when the pitcher hit me.

The disbelief and the chuckle on the commentators voice on the last clip, though

When something is coming at your face 90+ mph, your instincts can surprise you.

Chavez was like "wait, I'm not dead?"

You know that his hand was stinging after that 111mph catch 😂

Bro unlocked ultra instinct, body moved before brain did

This is why Cleveland is built different Go Cleveland

Pitcher is literally the scariest position in American sports. It’s no contest.

Clayton Kershaw's catch off the bounce off his calf was pretty cool

of course it was an A’s player that the pitcher caught 110mph on😂

It’s crazy to think how fast that exchange is once the ball leaves the pitchers hand, the reaction times of those pitchers are insane

Chapman actually got nailed on the mound with one of his pitches during a preseason game.

This used to always scare me as a pitcher because I know I didn’t have the reflex’s to catch those lol

imagine palming that in your glove 😭🙏

I swear being a pitcher is so scary for this exact reason.

@IveBeenWithBruma

4 ай бұрын

It is the most dangerous position for a reason. This is why so many different types of throws exist just so the ball doesn't come right back to the pitcher to begin with. You'd see far more pitcher injuries if all that didn't exist.

@tnolddawg

4 ай бұрын

I used to pitch, and tried to be ready as soon as the ball left my hand...but this is why I HATE aluminum & composite bats

Bro has catch aura on

Went to high school with Trevor Stephan, guy was a menace. Glad to see him getting some love.

You’re right, that ridiculous 111 mph catch sure made it obvious how slow & easy the 110 mph catch was!

Fernandez 😭 what an unbelievable talent and likable guy. He was on track to be one of the best ever with the movement and location on his pitches that were already top speed

The reaction time u need to catch the ball at that speed that close is crazy

Baseball a game where the one dude who gets a helmet realistically is the one that needs it the least

Mike Gonzalez had a really good one with the Braves

When that happens. I have no problem when the batter just turns around and walks back to the dugout.

Crazy how 110 was normal and 111 was the craziest thing in the world

My friend when he was playing actually caught a line drive of the head while pitching

It’s instinctive to guard your head when something is coming at it. The catches are lucky.

Ball was moving so fast it didn't show up on video till a slowmo at a different angle

Line drives back through the middle are extremely scary to watch. Especially the ones that aren't caught.

Some pitchers like Eric Gange wore protective eye gear, and then you had John Olerude at first base wearing a helmet.

Sorry, i just couldn't hold my laugh 🤣 when you were talking about the last one, i was expecting it to be like 120+ or something. I didn't expect it to be just 1 mile faster from the other one 🤣

110: it’s fast 111: omg it’s ridiculous and broke the sound barrier

Uncle Jesse looks so young here that it’s more like Cousin Jesse.

Nothing will ever top the bird getting pegged at 100mph by a base ball and exploding

Greg Maddux knew a little something something about covering his base. He wasn't just a Hall of Fame pitcher. He was a Hall of Famer infielder, too !

In 2015, Archie Bradley from The Diamondbacks was hit with a simple hopper but it bounced directly off of his cheek. It sounds like the ball was hit twice once by the bat and then once by his face. It was really unsettling

Cleveland just a different breed

Dang Cleveland pictures got hands

When i was in high school, i was pitching and was hit under my bicep near my armpit. That shit hurt like a mfer

I took a line drive as a pitcher in softball... got my glove in front of it instinctively, but the ball folded my glove back and still broke my nose, and my sunglasses.

Why does it still look fast in slow-mo 💀💀

'Ooooh my goodness, what a grab,' Lol ! 😝

Nice video

3rd one was crazy😮

god that must be the best feeling in the entire world

I had one of those back in college. I have no idea how I caught it. The coaches and everyone kept saying "you have reflexes like a cat!" but I barely even saw the ball coming. I just instinctively put my hands up to protect my face and the ball went right into my mit.

Most people have no idea what kind of hand eye coordination that takes. That is beyond human.

Lot of pitchers here talking about how scary it is to have a ball coming at you like they don’t throw at guys at bat all the time

What only pitchers know and understand is when a ball is coming at you like that it comes in slow motion like the matrix and your life flashes before you. Fans could never

This just shows that we can be incredibly fast

Instincts and subconsciously

Pitcher knows the risk and gets paid incredibly well.

I have done it before when i used to play travel ball. It low key is the most comfortable catch i have ever done. It went so perfectly into the webbing of my glove that i didnt even notice at first but yea. Its all reaction at that point

Bro UI was unlocked

Bro the guy’s arm almost FLEW back wtf

They say hitting a fastball is the hardest thing to do in all of sports. Pitches catching these balls are way harder than hitting. The pitcher basically has an expectation that the ball is not going to come straight back to them faster than when they pitched it

It’s so crazy. Experiencing this myself your body just moves on its own. Time does slow down a tad but not enough to actually react.

I have had incredibly fast reflexes while on the mound. Like my brain can’t even comprehend what’s going on before my glove catches the ball

I saw Chavez get nailed by a comebacker last year

110-made it look easy 111-ridiculous speed 😭

It’s a cleveland thing 😂

For anyone who wants to know, the song can be found in a lot of synthwave playlists.

This happens to me in Wii sports three times in a row

With how they catch these, you’d believe they train specifically with getting hit in the face.

Aroldis Chapman straight up almost died in spring training one year because he took a 100 mph line drive straight to the face

Man, this makes me remember a hit that I caught. I was in coach pitch baseball, and I was talking to the coach and kept talking to him after he threw the ball, expecting the ball to go over me. The next thing I knew, I heard the ball get hit, so I look tords the batter, and I split second. I realized that the ball was 6 feet from me and going directly to my chest, instinctively I move my glove that was on my right hand and caught the ball and the coach is like nice caught, I don't remember if I said anything after that, but still remember the field I played on and roughly the time it was.

I see you Unc!

a kid in little league when i played got a line drive to the face on his first pitch of the game broke alot of bones in his face it’s really a scary possibility

This is why you don’t tuck your glove while pitching

What you dish out is what comes back at ya.

Personally when I actually process that a liner is coming back at me, sometimes it feels like time slows down and I’m able to move my glove to the ball or out of the way, it’s a cool feeling but hell if the adrenaline rush after doesn’t hard hard

i've played backyard baseball 2 times in my life. both times i was the pitcher getting a ball hurled back at me and i did not catch them lol

That happened to me when I was playing little league. I got a good hit and the pitcher caught the ball. It wasn't nearly as fast as these, but it was still so impressive even I cheered, though only in my heard, as it meant I was out.

I’ve been there. You catch it on pure instinct. Baseball players are accustomed to catching balls at high speed, so the reflexes are there. But it’s still scary. My scariest was while pitching batting practice in college, hit by a future Major Leaguer who was also drafted by a NFL team, headed straight for my chest. I caught it, but I needed a minute to collect myself.

I threw major league batting practice for four years. On one particular occasion a hitter blasted one back at me. I could see the ball heading towards my forehead, it just grew larger white in my vision. At the last moment the ball grazed the cross bar of the pitching "L" shaped net apparatus that I wasn't ducking well enough behind. The ball whizzed over my head. I could feel it touch the hair on my head. This was 36 years ago. I still have nightmares.

This is why I could never pitch growing up, I was always too worried about the return hit.

chapman got unlucky asf

I took one off the head in high school with a BESR drop 5 bat, must've been 100-105 range. I was lucky just to have a concussion but the damage to my confidence as a pitcher was huge. My mound presence felt different after that and hitters noticed. Baseball is a mental game much more than people realize. I switched to 3rd base after and didn't get higher than AA. I had at least 11 concussions before I was 19, back then no one cared and I thought "getting your bell rung" was different than a concussion, which I thought was when you were knocked out cold, which still happened to me 5 times. I had addiction issues till I was 31, I often wonder if my struggles were connected to concussions.

that's a daily in slowpitch " yes slowpitch " pitchers at the major level where they are closer and avg middle shot takes .11 sec to get to them.