One of the most ridiculous (and, frankly, hilarious) things a baseball fan can say while watching game is the mere suggestion that they would be able to make contact against big-league pitching. It might look easy on TV, but there is no more difficult skill in sports.
And if you still don’t believe that, all you need to do is watch the gravity-bending 99 mph two-seam fastball that Dodgers pitcher Dustin May unleashed on the San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado.
May, a right-handed pitcher, somehow was able to get a pitch to break in towards the right-handed batter. Machado didn’t stand a chance. It was just unfair.
This is pure filth 🤢 Joe’s reaction is all you need to hear on this one. My goodness, Dustin May! pic.twitter.com/R6mjJUBmbq
— Dodgers-LowDown (@DodgersLowDown) August 5, 2020
I mean, what?! How?! This pitch shouldn’t be possible.
Dustin May, Ungodly 99mph Two Seamer. 😱 pic.twitter.com/uUeINZbKBq
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 5, 2020
May, who is just in his second MLB season, has thrown more high-velocity pitches with 1.5-plus feet of movement this season than the rest of MLB combined.
Here are the number of pitches thrown in 2020 with a velocity of 98+ and more than 1.5 feet of horizontal movement
Dustin May: 40
Rest of MLB: 34— Connor Kurcon (@ckurcon) August 5, 2020
The baseball world was justifiably in awe of that pitch.
This kid is super filthy.
— Marcus Stroman (@STR0) August 5, 2020
No one else has thrown a 99+ MPH pitch with 17"+ of horizontal movement for a swinging strike this season. https://t.co/sc449TNBeE
— Codify, Inc. (@CodifyBaseball) August 5, 2020
I don't know if there is a human who can hit that. https://t.co/hapvzD7C09
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) August 5, 2020
https://t.co/TBVfAvzvgN pic.twitter.com/wnEuoM0jFK
— Braden Bishop (@bradenbishop7) August 5, 2020
Yeah, kid might have a future. https://t.co/EuS5NI5ndS
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) August 5, 2020
Bruh. Filthy … just look at this. https://t.co/W4pEJkahXE
— Damon Bruce (@DamonBruce) August 5, 2020
This shouldn’t be legal. https://t.co/RomtF4KHHI
— Josh Lauck (@joshlauck) August 5, 2020
This should be a felony. https://t.co/0mEJkp3kIj
— Brad Tunney (@brad_tunney) August 5, 2020
WHAT??!?!??! https://t.co/wDZt0g1HXM
— Paul Sporer (@sporer) August 5, 2020
Anything with that much movement should not be going 99 mph😳 https://t.co/fMmTHQxlzk
— Michael DePillo (@CeLtIcS3500) August 5, 2020
Baseballs aren’t supposed to move like that.
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