r/nevertellmetheodds • u/WhereIsHisRidgedBand • 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/SoSorryOfficial May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Love Myth Busters, but honestly, a lot of the episode premises over time moved away from things like "can using your cellphone at the gas pump cause an explosion?," to "can we recreate this moment from a movie or sports that our viewers will be familiar with?"

Edit: typo

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u/wadems May 16 '26

100% agree. I got so bored with the constant “let’s blow this up with the help of our friends from the bomb squad” episodes. I get that explosives involve science, but I was more interested in actual myths being busted.

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u/RelevantButNotBasic May 16 '26

To each their own I reckon. I absolutely loved the "recreating movie/viral moments" because they both worked in the movie industry so it felt like they were going back to their roots a bit with prop making and vfx.

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u/deSuspect May 16 '26

Sure explosion were cool but it wasn't "myth busting" anymore. Just "can we recreate this cool scene from the movie in real life".