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Old 03-23-2004, 07:47 PM   #1
Turd Ferguson
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Thumbs up Can you a hit a 90 MPH Fastball?

The best I've gotten is .1370.


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Old 03-23-2004, 07:51 PM   #2
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Nice. I wish I could see a windup or something. But I got it around .17 - .25 most tries.
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Old 03-23-2004, 07:58 PM   #3
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Meh, it's like hitting in a cage, good for reaction time and all, but a far stretch as far as they're trying to compare (no windup as stated above, movement, etc).

That said, my top is .1140, though running around .1700 most of the time.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:11 PM   #4
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Top this, peoples.

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Old 03-23-2004, 08:15 PM   #5
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I hit a HR!
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:17 PM   #6
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Top this, peoples.


The stands are filled with laundry detergent.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:18 PM   #7
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How do i save the photo? I got a .0030, no joke!

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Old 03-23-2004, 08:22 PM   #8
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How do i save that I got a .0030 no joke!

In IE, I hit the PRINT SCREEN key and then pasted into Paint Shop Pro. From there, I cropped the image and uploaded it to my webspace. Hope that's not too technical for you.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:30 PM   #9
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In IE, I hit the PRINT SCREEN key and then pasted into Paint Shop Pro. From there, I cropped the image and uploaded it to my webspace. Hope that's not too technical for you.
But even before doing this you must repeat after me.

I understand that I am printing exactly what my screen looks like just to prove to everyone else that I did really good in a Flash arcade game. I am a loser.


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Old 03-23-2004, 08:30 PM   #10
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Shoot, I don't have a Photo shop or paint program to print the screen into. Thanks for the help though.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:37 PM   #11
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But even before doing this you must repeat after me.

I understand that I am printing exactly what my screen looks like just to prove to everyone else that I did really good in a Flash arcade game. I am a loser.


Not only did I do "really good." I did better than everyone else!
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:51 PM   #12
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Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that I got a score of '0.0040' right before I decided to check out the rest of the thread. It's called luck in a silly game.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:54 PM   #13
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Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that I got a score of '0.0040' right before I decided to check out the rest of the thread. It's called luck in a silly game.

Oh, YOU needed luck. The rest of us are skilled.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:56 PM   #14
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Oh, YOU needed luck. The rest of us are skilled.

I thought it was rather noble to claim that I was lucky in getting a score that was 50x faster than normal human reaction time.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:58 PM   #15
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Point.
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Old 03-23-2004, 09:06 PM   #16
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The stands are filled with laundry detergent.
Or some other white, powdery substance.

It's like Dwight Gooden's dream stadium.
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Old 03-23-2004, 09:06 PM   #17
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This was my best time, it was part anticipation and a whole lotta luck!
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Old 03-23-2004, 09:10 PM   #18
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I beat you all. I hit the button before the ball was even thrown!
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Old 03-23-2004, 09:12 PM   #19
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I beat you all. I hit the button before the ball was even thrown!

You are the weakest link. Goodbye!
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Old 03-23-2004, 09:13 PM   #20
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You are the weakest link. Goodbye!

Holy crap. Is that what you're really going with?
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Old 03-23-2004, 09:14 PM   #21
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Holy crap. Is that what you're really going with?

Old school, baby. DISMISSED!
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Old 03-23-2004, 09:15 PM   #22
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Holy crap. Is that what you're really going with?

The tribe has spoken.
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Old 03-23-2004, 09:20 PM   #23
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Old 03-23-2004, 11:55 PM   #24
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.0840 is my best
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Old 03-24-2004, 12:56 AM   #25
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If only it were that easy...
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Old 03-24-2004, 01:14 AM   #26
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I couldnt get this to work....
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Old 03-24-2004, 01:15 AM   #27
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Old 03-24-2004, 01:33 AM   #28
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Old 03-24-2004, 03:49 AM   #29
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I'm slower than molases. My best time was 0.1820 but a lot of my times were over 0.3. I always loved facing junk ballers when I played in high school. If you threw it slower than 60, no matter how it was thrown, I could hit it or I knew to take it for a ball, but when I ran across that guy who threw the ugly 70 mph flat fastball that a lot of people teed off against, I had to basically close my eyes (not quite) and swing.

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Old 03-24-2004, 09:36 AM   #30
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Old 03-24-2004, 09:41 AM   #31
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Where's the bunt button?
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Old 03-24-2004, 10:21 AM   #32
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If only it were that easy...

No doubt, I faced a guy in high school that threw 94 mph. There were scouts from the Padres, Mariners, and Yankees at the game. He shut us out, I got lucky and got a curveball to hit but lined out to shortstop. I walked and struck out once as well.

The next year the same school had a kid that threw 90 mph, for some reason I had no problem hitting him and went 3 for 3 but we lost on a walk-off grand slam 6-5 with two outs. Costing us the league championship as well.
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Old 03-24-2004, 11:34 AM   #33
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Balldog -

The difference between 94 and 90 is immense. Fastballs were never a problem for me, no matter the speed, as long as they weren't moving like crazy. I had more trouble of lefties with control even as a RH batter than RHP that threw in the mid 90s in high school.
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Old 03-24-2004, 12:37 PM   #34
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Clearly, I'm not good enough to reach that .1670 score from last night. 1 home run, a couple of base hits...and the rest were all misses.
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Old 03-24-2004, 12:53 PM   #35
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Balldog -

The difference between 94 and 90 is immense. Fastballs were never a problem for me, no matter the speed, as long as they weren't moving like crazy. I had more trouble of lefties with control even as a RH batter than RHP that threw in the mid 90s in high school.


Exactly. Just like swinging a bat and clicking a mouse.
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Old 03-24-2004, 03:35 PM   #36
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I hit a HR!
Wouldn't that be a foul ball?
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Old 03-24-2004, 09:56 PM   #37
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I got .002!!!!!! I'll post the screen if you want.
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Old 03-24-2004, 10:06 PM   #38
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This stuff never works in Firefox.. grr..
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Old 03-24-2004, 10:11 PM   #39
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Pretty easy, but mostly just a game of luck.
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Old 03-24-2004, 10:21 PM   #40
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hit homerun. then had a seizure
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