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How Can Anyone Hit a 90 MPH Fastball? Science Explains!

Hitting a home run seems impossible. A fastball takes .4 seconds to go from the pitcher's hand to home plate, and a hitter needs a full .25 seconds to see the ball and react. So how does anyone do it? Researchers at UC Berkeley have identified an area of the brain that makes it possible.

Ever wonder how a major league baseball player hits a 90-mph fastball? Ask some researchers at UC Berkeley, who have identified an area of the brain that makes it possible.

Look at the numbers alone and hitting a home run seems next to impossible. A fastball takes .4 seconds to reach

Source: Newsfix – Science

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