Bat Swinging

1. Gail Pink
   June 18th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

   WTF?

2. Tom from West Chester
   June 18th, 2009 at 3:22 pm

   It's doctored, right? It looks choppy but is that just the low quality of the camera?

3. LisaL
   June 18th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

   Well.... hmm... ok then. That was pretty awesome if it's real.

4. MightyCow
   June 18th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

   If that guy could figure out how to do that with multiple bats, he could probably get a genius grant for juggling.

5. Byrd Brain
   June 18th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

   Not fake, just cool.

6. mikerbaker
   June 18th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

   Long Beach resident, Armada fan. It's real.

7. Jaxx
   June 18th, 2009 at 5:00 pm

   If you watch him closely, he jerks the bat perfectly to counter the forward momentum and causes it to spin in place briefly. Very well done stunt!

   A similar stunt that's great for the summer, take a 12 ounce soda can and fill it about 4/5 full with water (for practicing, you WILL get wet while learning it) fling the can up in the air with just enough torque to make it spin twice before catching it, too slow/too fast of a spin and the trick won't work. Go on, practice. Now, once you've mastered it, go show off and get your friends to try it (Bonus points if they get coke all over themselves, stand back

8. Johnny Cat
   June 18th, 2009 at 5:50 pm

   That was cool!

9. Carl
   June 18th, 2009 at 6:36 pm

   Seems pretty plausible, I mean there's practically no weight in the handle of a bat so he's really using the weight of the front to spin in space, activated by jerking the handle back. I guess it's not too much different from spinning pizza dough?

10. Vertexavery
    June 18th, 2009 at 8:48 pm

    Same basic idea, interrupting the movement.

11. SenorMysterioso
    June 18th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

    you can learn it pretty easy, just make sure youre outdoors

12. Ali S.
    June 19th, 2009 at 1:07 am

    Now if he can do that when a ball is coming at him and hit it...I'll give him my first born child.

13. Marissa
    June 19th, 2009 at 11:52 am

    Wowzers!

14. Clotho
    June 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    baseball can be a boring sport, players need to entertain each other somehow - that's just the tip of the iceburg as far as bat tricks go

15. nxsus6
    June 20th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    what a babe

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