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LSUMath t1_jcrmcip wrote
Reply to Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood
Grizzlies, polar bears, lions, tigers, hippos, none of them are anywhere as near as dangerous as humans. Those fuckers will kill ya.
Electrical-Bed8577 t1_jcrlgs1 wrote
Reply to comment by FragWall in San Diego's new housing policies aim to boost racial integration, reverse lingering effects of redlining by FragWall
America is a larger chimera. We have had more than two parties in our history. Our coalitions do not coalesce. I definitely agree that we need proportional representation, with more congressional representation in each state. It needs to be done without 'watering down the vote'.
To add, we also need a better census system, counting domestic and field worker and those without stable housing, including licensing and inspecting rental houses. This can be done mostly remotely, with local documentation forwarded up to each state and the Federal gov.
ChocoboRocket t1_jcrl0fh wrote
Reply to Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood
The author of this story claims that Grizzlies may be top land predator potentially edging out tigers and even Hippos
Grizzly bear adult males average 200 to 300 kilograms (kg) (400 to 600 pounds (lb)
Male Tigers weigh 90 - 310 Kilograms - could be close
Male hippos weigh 1,500 - 1,800 Kilograms.
A male Hippo could probably eat either in a single bite! (only half joking, Hippo FTW)
Even Male Kodiak Bears are 270 - 640 kilograms (of Hippo snacc)
tjthebest t1_jcrknoy wrote
Reply to comment by nox_nox in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
I would assume if she is a college baseball player that she hasn't really played softball though. So I don't really think this applies.
EffingBarbas t1_jcrjfps wrote
Reply to comment by jdbway in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
The simple solution is to allow men to compete in women’s softball. That would remove the sexism and allow the best to compete regardless of genitalia.
Antani101 t1_jcrircz wrote
Reply to comment by listingpalmtree in Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood
yeah that's crazy, he bearly knew the dude
DownvoteEvangelist t1_jcriian wrote
Reply to International University of Sarajevo awards a full scholarhip to the 12-year old who sold tea to collect money for people affected by earthquake in Turkey by BosnianGooner
Is International University of Sarajevo any good? Private universities in places that have good public education are often crappy...
nox_nox t1_jcrifcu wrote
Reply to comment by picchumachu in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
The reaction time in softball is almost half as much as baseball.
https://fanbuzz.com/college-sports/college-baseball/softball-vs-baseball/amp/
nox_nox t1_jcri8s5 wrote
Reply to comment by r0botdevil in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
Women's reaction time in softball is faster (less overall time) than men's professional baseball due to the shorter distance from mound to plate.
"ESPN's Sport Science broke down the speed of both games, pointing out that a 70 mph softball pitch -- from its shorter distance -- reaches home plate faster than a 100 mph baseball pitch. That means a softball player has less than half the time (.025 seconds) to decide to swing compared to a baseball player (.055 seconds). Now imagine trying to decipher whether or not that pitch headed your way is in the strike zone or not."
Source: https://fanbuzz.com/college-sports/college-baseball/softball-vs-baseball/amp/
cspinelive t1_jcrhz2f wrote
Reply to comment by Knor614 in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
I’m just making stuff up here but you’ve got 8 year olds girls throwing a softball just fine. Granted it is smaller at that age but still bigger than a baseball. So I’m guessing the softball isn’t so big that it would really impact the ability to throw it.
The smaller field makes plays closer and throws shorter. Plays happen faster. The larger ball travels off the bat slower and keep more hits playable than if the ball were smaller.
Admiral_Gial_Ackbar t1_jcrhlya wrote
Reply to comment by Psych0matt in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
You put a one and two zeros in front of that comment or we walk.
Knor614 t1_jcrh030 wrote
Reply to comment by cspinelive in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
Generally women have smaller hands so you would think that using a smaller ball would be better
alwaysmyfault t1_jcrgpqd wrote
Reply to comment by Knor614 in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
This isn't basketball.
A smaller baseball would make it harder to hit, harder to catch, harder to throw.
Wuznotme t1_jcrgkhj wrote
Reply to comment by listingpalmtree in Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood
> Diving on a bear to save my husband? Sure
That's so much better than this man's wife who bravely filmed her husband being attacked by a deer.
cspinelive t1_jcrgfi4 wrote
Reply to comment by Knor614 in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
Help with what? How?
Moses_Cleaveland t1_jcreoz1 wrote
Reply to comment by Knor614 in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
Women's baseball is pretty much dead, but there are some leagues whose mission is to support it, and there was a Women's Baseball World Cup a few years ago. I think it is done every year, but I don't know any details.
xavier120 t1_jcrecl2 wrote
Reply to comment by xAUSxReap3r in Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood
It's a good thing his skull was there or his brain would have been in real trouble.
Trainwreck800 t1_jcrdujz wrote
Reply to Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood
As an American, my first thought was that he wrestled the bear to raise money to save his friend from some illness, like a weird kind of go fund me
Sytzy t1_jcrd8nf wrote
Danielsuperusa t1_jcrd0p7 wrote
Reply to comment by Mandalore108 in Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood
More like a Nappa and a half
Daverocker1 t1_jcrcsfp wrote
Reply to Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood
Oh my gosh. They now carry guns in the wilderness? Those are dangerous aren't they?
Knor614 t1_jcrc2ij wrote
Reply to comment by cspinelive in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
Seems like a smaller ball would help
Knor614 t1_jcrbutt wrote
Reply to comment by novium258 in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
Wow didn’t know that
Mandalore108 t1_jcrb7qv wrote
Reply to comment by ToaDrakua in Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood
Got it, so about 1 Nappa.
robzombie03 t1_jcrmtgq wrote
Reply to comment by nox_nox in Olivia Pichardo Becomes First Woman to Play in a Division 1 College Baseball Game by Banestar66
The ball is also much bigger and don't they use enlarged barrel aluminum bats?