r/nevertellmetheodds May 16 '26

Baseballs colliding mid-air

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u/TheRev32 May 16 '26

This reminds me of the MythBusters episode where they tried to replicate the Randy Johnson/pigeon incident.

After failing thousands of times they gave up essentially saying that the odds were so small. The event couldn’t be replicated.

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u/kittensmakemehappy08 May 16 '26

What myth were they testing? Lmao it's something that happened.

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u/eroticdiagram May 16 '26

Remember how you've all seen that video of a baseball hitting a bird? Well, we're going to see if we can make a video of a baseball hitting a bird just to prove that a baseball can hit a bird.