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Baseball is very resistant to change for the most part. One thing they aren’t changing is the use of wooden bats. Some leagues for younger players use aluminum bats, which allow them to hit the ball farther. But the speed of a baseball hit off an aluminum bat at the major league level would be just too dangerous to the pitchers. Good reaction guys.

"What happens if the batter who's supposed to go to first base can't continue?" You replace him with a pinch runner. But that's a one-way substitution; he can't come back in. So you'd want to wait, to make sure he really can't continue before you sub him.

You can substitute players in baseball pretty much like you do in soccer or rugby. Once they are out, they are done for the game. You don't have a limit on substitutes OTHER than the limits on your roster.

In the history of MLB, I believe one player died from being hit by a pitch, that player being Ray Chapman who passed away about 12 hours after being beaned. There have been a few careers that have been cut short, both by being hit with a pitch, or hit by a batted ball. The invention of the batting helmet has undoubtedly saved many a player from serious injury, or possible death, especially as pitch velocity has increased over the decades and there has been talk time and again about some type of head protection for pitchers, but so far nothing has come of it.

8:39 Yeah, this is rare, but common enough that MLB started to get worried about it. They started trials on some weird padded caps and things of that sort a few years ago, but none of it caught on. Often, pitchers just end up catching the ball when it gets hit back at them like that. It looks super cool when it happens, but you have to imagine the pitcher is thinking, "that could've sucked..."

Randy Johnson, (the Big Unit,) once threw a 100 mph fastball just as a dove decided to fly in front of the batter. The ball hit the bird, and the bird exploded into a ball of feathers. The bird was pronounced dead at the scene. The corpse was removed. The feathers were cleaned up, and the game continued.

4:18 It's possible to bunt to get to first base if you want to exploit the infield setting up too deep, but more often bunting is used as a sacrifice. Sometimes teams would trade an out at first base if they can advance the runner from 2nd to 3rd. It used to happen more often when pitchers had to bat in the lineup not too long ago. Because pitchers had such little success swinging away, sacrifice bunting was the best option if they had runners on base with less than 2 outs.

The batter is a lot more likely to take one than the pitcher is, but both are pretty rare. A real bad one like that last one is exceptionally rare, but every pitcher definitely has it in the back of their mind that it can happen. Every pitcher gets a "come-backer" eventually that makes the knees a little shaky.

There was a time where a baseball player got hit in the head with a line drive that knocked him unconscious and he fell head first into the angled pitcher's mound which broke a vertebrae in his neck. It was Juan Nicasio and he did recover.

Baseball is a non-contact sport obviously, so we hate to see a player injured. One great thing about baseball is the spectator support for an injured player is almost universal. You will notice that when a home or visiting team member is injured and able to walk away on their own or with support, but conscious… there is general applause and relief for all watching the game. Other sports are like that too, of course… but injuries are so unusual in baseball that it has a special camaraderie.

Roger Clemens quotes Don Drysdale as telling him "my best pitch was my second knock-down pitch because that's when they knew the first one wasn't a mistake." Old school baseball.

You guys should react to the greatest outfield throws of all time

The pitcher would never intentionally hit a batter IN THE HEAD... however... throwing at a player in the butt or in the thigh is definitely a thing, and is used from time to time to get back at a hitter or a team. You also might throw NEAR a batter's head or hands to brush them back if they're crowding the plate.

Really loving the channel boys! Of course these are all accidents and they are pretty brutal, but batters do get hit on purpose ( not head shots like this). When there’s bad blood between teams, a batter can get drilled by the pitcher, but the pitcher will be ejected by the umpire.

I love how you guys are taking all this time to learn about the game but couldn’t wait to see the random carnage. You guys got a good channel. Cheerio!

You boys gotta react to Texas a&m vs lsu 2018 the longest football game ever which went into 7 overtimes and which ended with a combined score of 146, legendary game

What the video you chose to react to didn't include (thankfully) is the Aroldis Chapman comebacker. Aroldis is known as the Cuban Missile because of how hard he throws and he currently holds the record for fastest pitch ever recorded at 105.1 mph. During a game in 2014, he threw a 100 mph fastball and it was sent directly back into his face so hard that it fractured his skull. He underwent surgery and got a metal plate inserted into his head to stabilize the fracture. The injury got the game cancelled and kept him off the field for two months.

You guys are great. But I wasn't one of the ones who recommended this. I'm OK with MLB fights, but not this. So many great baseball videos out there -- crowd reactions, home runs, great plays, dramatic moments, star players -- but not this one. These hits are indeed part of the game, but they're rare (exactly like you said).

In Little League Baseball up until and through most high school leaguex batter's helmets are equipped with face cages. And some little league teams teams They require the pitcher to wear a helmet and face cage as well

You would be better served to watch a compilation of the best reflexes in MLB. You will see more pitchers catching those balls with their gloves instead of their skulls.

I’m surprised there were so many pitchers getting hit in this video. Both are rare but it is much more common for the batter to get hit. When a batter is hit, he automatically advances to first base.

Thanks for reacting to that. So does your reactions mean you don't want to get hit in the face with a baseball? LOL, me neither!! Enjoying your reactions a lot.

Years ago in MLB a pitcher could throw inside to back a batter off the plate, but in recent years it's frowned upon and if a pitcher does it they can get ejected. I get it because now you have most pitchers that can throw mid to upper 90 mph and quite a few who throw over 100 mph. A batter only has a split second to react to where the ball is thrown

I was on deck and got hit directly in the nose after an 81mph fastball was fouled back. I was taking a practice swing trying to get my timing down and didn’t have enough time to react. I take a small amount of pride by not dropping to a knee or losing consciousness. I just put my hands on my knees watched the blood start dripping onto the dirt and in my mind I was like: “Well I guess I gotta go to the hospital now/So this is what a broken nose feels like.”

So they never show the worst one I've ever seen in my life on any of these compilations. It was a pitcher by the name Juan Nicasio who got hit with a line drive to the neck. He suffered a broken neck from ot and it knocked him out. He was playing for the Colorado Rockies at the time. He did make a full recovery and still plays in the MLB today. It was by far the scariest 15 minutes in baseball I've ever experienced.

Baseballs greatest crowd reactions will show you the fun side of Baseball.. Why we love it.

That Jennings hit is always hard to watch. Seeing him run in a circle while laying on his side like a Looney Toons cartoon is frightening

Exit velocities are often much faster than pitch velocities. The record for highest exit velocity is 122.4 mph.

2:27 It all depends on how hard the ball is hit. If they absolutely smoke the ball, the exit velocity on the ball can get close to 100 mph/161 kmh. The hardest recorded exit velo was at 122 mph/196kmh

What the heck! I know all non contact sports have some contact but these are just gruesome. I have to compare recommending watching this tape to rubbernecking a car wreck for bodies on the highway.

Batters have been getting drilled for 130 years. When the batter squares around early, hit him in the chest with the fastball. It was a beautiful game. RIP

I was pitching as a 10 year-old, batter hit a line drive right back at my face. Broke my nose, concussion, black eye. Took weeks to recover. Unfortunately, that was in 1991 before they were super careful about concussions like now. They let me walk it off and finish pitching the game. Crazy. That would never happen now. Parents took me to the doctor the next day.

Concussion protocol is an interesting historical topic in baseball. New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig had 19 known concussions over his career at Columbia University and New York. At a time when players would regularly play through injuries like that, he undoubtedly exacerbated whatever conditions he had endured. Gehrig would die young of amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). However, the symptoms for CTE are very similar, so, in hindsight, he may have been suffering from CTE instead. His remains were creamated making any examination impossible.

Back in the early days of baseball pitchers would run dirt on the ball for better grip, to scuff it and change the aerodynamics out to simply make it harder for the batter to see. But so many batters were getting beaned (hit by pitch) they banned the the practice. That’s also why you often see umpires toss balls out, any blemish and they get a new clean ball.

As far as penalties or anything, pitchers do sometimes intentionally hit players, typically not the head though. If the umpires think it was intentional they will throw the pitcher out of the game and the league may suspend them. Baseball has many unwritten rules about how to handle certain transgressions that happen, but there’s a limit

Every kid growing up in the US that played baseball has been hit in the head by a baseball at some point. You never forget it. I can remember missing a catch during a little league game and taking one right in the nose. I'll never forget the smell of blood.

Keep up the great videos fellas! Love seeing the progression of your knowledge with the different sports. Inspiring me to get into your football

In 1920, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was hit on the head by a pitch from New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays. Pitchers often dirtied the ball to make it less visible and more active. Eyewitnesses said Chapman appeared not to see the pitch as it approached his head. The sound of the collision resembled the crack of a bat. Chapman staggered and mumbled forgiving words to the pitcher. He was taken directly to a nearby hospital, and he died about 12 hours after the injury occurred. Batting helmets were not worn in that era and would not be required to be worn until the 1950s.

I got hit in the head with a football (pigskin) right on the temple. Didn't even realize I was on my knees about to fall flat on my face until my cousin caught me from falling. All you see is darkness and stars with an echo of the impact..I still remember it years ago. Had a huge headache afterwards. That last guy that got hit I'm sure lost consciousness for a few second and more than likely saw the stars.

Love the content guys.

It's just like football (soccer); injured players get subbed off. Where a runner might ordinarily be substituted for because he's slow and they need someone faster (even if he's not a very good hitter), an injured hitter is substituted for just out of sense.

In high school, I was playing 3rd base and had a line drive ( a ball hit with flat trajectory) hit right towards me. I got my glove up, but it only clipped a part of the ball. Unluckily, the ball kept going straight to my face. I must say I have no idea why I wasn't knocked out cold, cause that sucker just clobbered me! I definitely saw stars.

See you guys just started couple months ago. Good job churning out all the content. Keep it up!

4:05 He would be replaced by another player on the bench and that player would take first base instead. Baseball has permanent substitution rules: once you've been taken out, you're out for the rest of the game. With the exception of the pitcher, you can replace a player at any time: while at bat, while on base, while on the field, whenever.

This makes me think back to the days when batting helmets were NOT mandatory! Sometimes a player would wear one after having been injured.. but it was rare

Yes, pitchers WILL target a batter if one of their own got beaned earlier or a batter can't keep their mouth shut. It usually results in the benches clearing for a brawl between the two teams depending on their rivalry or several other incidents previous. The umpire will usually throw out a pitcher if it's obvious he's headhunting from a few too many wild pitches. FYI a 'bunt' is usually used as a sacrifice out in order to advance base runners to scoring positions on second and third base in tight, low scoring games. Situational awareness is critical in this game as there's so much happening that 'isn't' happening.

Your reactions are great. I’m usually not watching what happens on the tape lol. Or I have to watch twice

There was a famous case of a pitcher named Ken Tatum. He pitched for the California Angels and hit Baltimore Orioles OF'er Paul Blair with a pitch that basically broke Blair's face. What makes the case famous was that up to that point Tatum was a promising young pitcher, with a good record, and after the incident Blair came back (after his injuries healed) and continued his fine career, but Tatum went downhill. Afterwards he admitted he was ruined because after that he was afraid to pitch inside, which any pitcher has to be able to do to be successful.

I got hit on the fingers where I was gripping the bat on very cold night game in high school. My fingers were numb for days. I actually thought they were all broken. The pitcher was probably throwing in the high 60's but it felt like a 100 mph fastball. Good to see you boyz learning so much about baseball. If you have some nearby batting cages please take you camera so we can see how you do. Set the pitch speed for about 40 or 50 mph so that you will at least have a chance to hit something. But imagine MLB players facing pitchers throwing twice as fast with late movement. Its almost impossible for someone who is not professional to hit these guys. I kind of imagine trying to return the serve of a professional tennis player.

Before 1920, they only used one or two baseballs during a game, so the players would try to make the ball hard to see by spitting on it and rubbing dirt on it 10:33 or scuffing it. And they only played during the day time. They didn’t wear helmets of course back then. A pitcher named Carl Mays, who threw submarine style ( sorta side arm/ under hand) and liked to pitch inside, hit a guy named Ray Chapman in the temple and killed him. It was late in the afternoon, and getting dark. The ball bounced to the third baseman, who thought Chapman had hit it, and he threw it to first for the out. They changed the rules the next year to prevent that from happening again. They replaced dirty and damaged balls, outlawed the spitball, and made the balls better. Babe Ruth then hit 59 home runs for a new season record; the previous record was in the twenties. Even with all of the improvements, it’s still dangerous, as you can tell by this video. You have less than 1/7th of a second to respond to a pitch, and a batted ball will return faster than than if hit squarely.

we see in-game swing speeds in the 65- to 85-miles-per-hour speeds for some of the top professionals in baseball.” According to Cherveny, the average swing speed in Major League Baseball games is around 70 miles per hour

For me when I was pitching, a few close call line drivers, I was never sure to put my glove up to defend myself or get out of the way entirely, it’s such a split second decision I usually ended up doing a half combo of both and realize after that I barely moved and I probably wouldn’t of saved myself with my glove, luckily I never got hit in the head ever from a line drive lol

Watch an ejection compilation from like 2009. Those were fun! And pitchers don't get ejected for hitting the batter UNLESS the umpire thinks he hit a guy on purpose, like after a home run. When a batter is hit, he gets to go to first base for free

You guys should look up the following: Bryce Florie and Tony Conigliaro. Both examples of headshots that were among the very worst and ended the careers of both men. They were both, unfortunately, on the Red Sox.

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Even if the pitcher is alright to return they would still likely take him out. You have to be laser focused on the mound and there’s no way he’s not thinking about getting hit again.

You guys find the most random thing to watch that I would never think of watching, good on you. 4:20 the batter is trying to "bunt". If he can not continue, a player will be substituted in. A pitcher would ALMOST NEVER intentionally hit a batter in the head. There is a set of "unwritten rules" of Baseball that cover sportsmanship, and retribution, and the pitcher is usually the one that enforce that code. There are times when bad blood between teams develop and the pitcher intentionally hitting a batter is the main way of "sending a message". Even then though, it is understood that the batter will be hit in the rump or back. A deliberate shot to the head will often clear the benches and a fight can occur. I completely expect a video on baseball brawls soon, so look up Nolan Ryan vs Robin Ventura, most likely the most famous brawl in the past 40 years in the sport, mostly due to the legend that was Nolan Ryan.

Man, I always tense up when watching a riser go near the head. I've only been hit once during a HS game in the helmet and that knocked me off my feet. MLB players are warriors.

sometimes a bad pitch can end up in a brawl with the batter running after the pitcher and then both teams joining in so look for baseball best brawls.

Wish they made better pitchers' helmets (that didn't look stupid, and had a face guard) and batters' helmets so they could still see and move right while protecting them better.

Has a face grille ever been experimented with, and if so, how much does/did it cut down the visibility?

7:00 Jimmy Nelson is one tough SOB wanted to stay in the game. Brewers missed him end of 2017

Baseball headshots are one of the most brutal and scary things in sports. Exit velo on a line drive up the middle can be around 90-110 mph (145 - 177 km/h). I think dudes have literally died from it.

There's a padded ball cap available which offers a lot of protection against headshots but pitchers are too stubborn to wear it. They would rather have the concussion and blood than use a basic and effective safety device.

in the mlb, ball on average comes off the bat at 100-120 mph or 160-190 kilometers per hour

Answer: "What happens if a player is injured and cannot continue?" In the case of an injury, the manager can choose any player who is not already in the game (and has not yet played in the game) to take the place of the injured player. If the injured player is a baserunner or is a defender in the field, this is a pretty simple process as the new player doesn't really need much time to warm up. If the injured player is the batter and he is hurt in the middle of the at bat, any player off the bench can finish the at bat, but they start from the point that the injured player left off (for example, if a player has a 1-0 count and fouls a ball off his foot, making the count 1-1, and then cannot continue due to injury, the new batter will start with a 1-1 count instead of 0-0; it's not a brand new at bat, the substituted player is finishing the injured player's at bat). If the injured player is the pitcher, any player who is not already in the game (and has not yet played in the game) can come in for him. With a normal pitching substitution the incoming pitcher gets a limited number of warm up pitches before play resumes (usually 8 pitches) because they will have ideally been warming up in the bullpen for several minutes before being called into the game. In an injury situation, the new pitcher is usually given as long as he needs to get warmed up.

When a pitcher is hit by a batted ball it has two effects. First is the obvious physical damage, but there is also the psychological impact. Both pitchers and batters can be affected.

Hey guys. Just watched this short highlight video of Mike Trout in this current World Baseball classic. Thought it might be a good one to check out.

Average fastball coming off the bat travels around 95 miles per hour, but can clock at 110+ mph. Honestly, worst headshot I've seen wasn't MLB, it was a video of either Little League (which actually has a legitimate World Series, something like 80 countries compete in it) game, or possibly high school game. Kid got beamed in the eye by a line drive, shattered his eye socket but didn't knock him out. Poor dude was just on the ground screaming. He ended up ok, but spent awhile in the hospital. I can't find the video anymore (it was probably early/mid 2000's when it happened, and honestly I'd rather not see it again anyway) but it was absolutely brutal.

A perfect follow up to this would be a video I suggested called MLB reactions in milliseconds.

Exit velocity, or how fast the ball is moving after the batter hits it, can be up to 120+ mph, more typically 85-115 mph

Intentional hits are DEFINITELY a thing, but pitchers would never aim for the head. Typically it's leg or body shot. There have been some trades of hits between teams that have led to bench-clearing brawls. For my money, there is nothing in the entire world of sports better than a baseball bench-clearer. I'm old school, though. ☺

The very 1st time I ever walked a batter in little league was when I hit him in the small of his back.. He turned around when he saw it coming at him and it was a dead center shot he dropped like a sack of potatoes. They put a designated runner on 1st because he was benched for the rest of the game.

Each team has a few reserve position players on the bench in the dugout for every game they play. Usually they are called into a game when a pinch hitter is needed or when the team needs a pinch runner..They also get called into a game when a starting player has to leave the game because of an injury or they're just playing horribly and the manager must make an immediate change (look up Reggie Jackson vs Billy Martin for a good example of this). If the player leaves the game for an injury, or is pinch hit or run for, he cannot re-enter the game. His day is over, essentially. The same is true for the other reserves who sit out in the bullpen, who are there as back up/relief pitchers. Once a "relief" pitcher is called into the game by the team's manager or pitching coach, the pitcher who is leaving the game also cannot re-enter. So in the MLB, there are only 26 players on the active roster for any game and about 11 or 12 are pitchers, there are 8 position players in the starting line-up PLUS a DH (designated hitter), leaving 4 or 5 reserves on the bench in the dugout, when the game starts. The manager has to use his reserves wisely because he does not want to run out of bench players too early, were the game to go into extra innings..hope this helps.

The ball comes off the bat anywhere from 80mph to 120+ mph. Or 193 kph. Line drives are usually 110-120 mph.

When a pitcher gets hit he is totally vulnerable usually in an awkward body position and he's ont wearing a batting helmet, plus the ball is coming back at him 5-15 miles per hour faster than he pitched it. A95 mph fast ball hit back toward the pitcher goes around 107 miles per hour on the come back.

Part of baseball, reason I couldn't play past middle school was because I was scared of the ball haha!

The ball comes off the bat at approx 100mph. One MLB player in the early days of baseball has died after being hit. Numerous youth league players have died after being hit in the chest by line drives. They make small chest protects for the heart area now.

The MLB channel on KZfaq has some great stuff, you should check out the most iconic moments of the 2022 season

More often than not the ball off the bat is going a lot faster than what the pitch speed is. For reference there have been “hardest” hit baseballs at +115 mph

10:02 Interesting enough, while one would think that machine batting cages would be safe, you would be wrong. Occasionally the machine hand will somehow release a pitch early in it's windup and pitch one at your head. Now granted I was probably too close to the plate when it happened to me (and a half foot shorter than I am now) but it was a very much higher and more inside than normal. No machine is perfect and it taught me that batting cages aren't "safe" and to be on guard. And it did hit me in the helmet. It was my very first time moving up from Pony speed cages. I went right back back to Pony for awhile.

The fastest speed of a baseball off the bat is 122.4mph. The top sluggers often reach 115mph-120mph.

Unlike cricket where you can continue to gun for the batter to get them to duck or try to jam them into a knick off of their hands or the blade, it is not permitted to intentionally target a batter. If the umpire believes a pitcher has targeted a batter, they will be ejected from the game. Batters do get hit infrequently, but when it happens they get to go straight to first base. In the case of the batter that couldn't continue, they put a pinch runner in his place on first base to run the bases for him for the rest of the inning.

If you want to see the more artful, less brutal part of the game, look up some highlight videos for defensive play. Ozzie Smith in particular, was a very different kind of baseball player- an acrobat who could control almost an entire half of the infield.

Until the 1960's batters didn't even have the plastic protective helmets. They just wore their baseball caps to hit!

The only player ever killed in a game, in 1920, was hit in the head by a pitch. It bounced off his head so far the infielders fielded it and threw it to 1st, thinking it was a hit. It lead to a massive change in the rules of the game, and 1920 is the delineating point between the "dead ball" era and the modern era (or "live ball" era) of baseball. They made the ball much more lively (winding the interior of the ball much tighter), started replacing the ball frequently (baseballs average about 5 pitches now, instead of only using 2-3 balls per game in the dead ball era), and stopped letting the pitchers throw some of the least predictable pitches (spit balls, and the like). This was, of course, long before the introduction of helmets, so the game is safer in some ways, but then, not many pitchers could throw over 80 MPH back then, much less over 100. It's a dangerous thing, playing baseball.

Some players consider it attempted murder when you throw at a players head..that's why they storm the mound wanting to fight..

Some bat exit velocities are 95-105 on line drives and home runs. That’s MPH. I’m terrible with the metric system, but it’s like 1.6 more I guess 🤷‍♂️

You should watch worst umpire calls if you guys have a good understanding of the strike zone and running the bases!

Sometimes pitchers intentionally hit batters, whether that be in the face or anywhere else. It’s usually because of beef between players/teams. In that case, if it’s ruled intentional, the pitcher gets a warning. And if he does it again, he’s thrown out of the game and possibly suspended/fined. If it’s an accident, then everything continues normally There have been instances where teams take turns hitting the opposing team, which sometimes leads to fights. It would be cool to see some MLB Fights asa video too

You guys should do a video where you throw baseballs at each other’s heads and have the viewers make reaction videos

it’s a gruesome sport sometimes….. please react to old-school greats such as babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, ty Cobb , Mickey mantle etc.

4:28 That's a bunt. Really it's meant to be a "sacrifice" play, the idea being to knock the ball down and allow the runners to move ahead, while meanwhile the batter is trying to "draw their fire" so they go after him instead. Getting hit by the pitch is an automatic base, the umpire has the discretion to throw a pitcher out of the game if he thinks it was intentional (likewise the league can issue fines & suspensions) If a player gets injured on a hit by pitch, the team can substitute with someone else.

Please try to react to “MLB pitchers with lightning fast reflexes”. It is impressive! 😮

Most "hard" hit balls come off the bat anywhere from 100 to 120 miles per hour whereas fastballs come in from 90 to 100. 4:18 = bunt. ALSO, substitution rules!! There is no limit on number of substitutions but once a player leaves a game, they can not return, like soccer. Also like soccer, there is not currently a head-injury substitution but it wouldn't be shocked if we see one available in the near future. Any player, offense or defense, can be subbed out at any time. even in the middle of an at-bat. However, in that case, the at-bat continues from the same ball-strike count, even if the player subbed out is the pitcher or batter. When a player is taken off, the new player takes the same spot in the batting order but don't have to take the same fielding position (the exception is pitchers; since they generally don't hit, they just swap in for each other in that fielding position and that's it). When a sub enters the game on offense, they will be called a pinch hitter if they hit for someone else or a pinch runner if they run for someone else (the word pinch coming from the idea of being needed "in a pinch"). There is no "pinch pitcher" they are all just called relief pitchers regardless of the situation they come in. Subs can only be made when time is out and the manager has to come out of the dugout and tell the umpires what sub/subs are being made so they can keep track. As far as "penalties" for hitting someone in the head, the umpire has discretion to throw a pitcher out of the game if (and the league has discretion to suspend said pitcher) if, in their judgement, the pitcher has thrown at the batter intentionally. This is mostly context dependent. Sometimes pitchers WILL throw at players they or their team has animosity with (although why can sometimes be a little childish, but such is sport) but it's not always easy to tell. One tool umpires have in their arsenal is that, if they think things are getting testy between the two team, they can issue warnings before or during the game which is basically a zero tolerance rule. Warnings require that basically, the next pitcher that throws at someone is ejected along with their manager. This usually helps de-escalate the situation on the field, although giving warnings, or not giving warnings, often results in one of the managers getting frustrated and possibly arguing their way to getting ejected anyway. Yeah, the off-the-bat head shot is pretty rare. Sometimes the pitcher will even glove it down before it hits (there's probably some good vids on that) but when it's too fast, it's tough to react in time.

Charging the mound. That would be a good one

During batting practice before games the guys pitching (softly) stand behind a screen. The throwing arm side is about waist high and the body side goes above the head. I have watched 5.33 of this video. more than enough for me.

I don't know why people wanted you to see this. This kind of incident is fairly rare. You guys could use a good laugh, I think, which is why I recommend you watch "Earl Weaver's legendary tirade at Bill Haller [w/optional captions]." It's from a game in 1980 where the first base umpire was mic'd up for a documentary film. The famously belligerent manager Earl Weaver comes running of the dugout to argue a call, and it's all fireworks from there. A timeless classic.

I don't remember who was involved specifically since I don't follow baseball, but there's another one similar to the last clip that really gets me queasy. The pitcher gets hit and just drops and starts spasming like a squirrel's tail after getting run over by a car...