Quote from: Gnevin on August 24, 2009, 02:04:09 PMQuote from: Maiden1 on August 24, 2009, 01:29:14 PM
A baseball field generally measure 99 meters or more from plate to fence which means that a player would need to hit the ball at least 99 meters in the air to hit a home run, 99 meters is a longer distance than than most people can hit a hurling ball, the greater the distance the greater the speed needed to clear that distance so a baseball being hit for a home run would be travelling faster than most hurling balls. A pro golfer can hit a golf ball 300 yards plus so a golf ball is travelling much faster than a baseball or a hurling ball. I always heard hurling was the 2nd fastest field sport after ice hockey. Not sure how they would calculate or whether they would count baseball as a field sport in that it is 1 player hitting against 8 outfield players.
Your forgetting mass ,aero dynamics and trajectory
No i'm just saying a baseball travels further than a sloither so therefore the speed has to be greater. The fact that a hurling ball has more air resistance than a baseball is a fact which contributes to it's overall velocity.
Someone in Antrim hitting a ball at 105 mph sounds about right if the speed of a baseball is 127 mph. A good goalkeeper would do well to hit a hurling ball 90 meters.