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A batter hit with a fastball hurts much more than a skater blocking a slap shot

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Matty
Labour was 18 hours. 2 hours of pushing.
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Not interested in timeframes, I'm interested in a pain comparison.

Would like to know if a woman would prefer a few slapshots to the midsection over the pain of squeezing a 7lb bowling ball through her snatch like in childbirth.

You should call her right now and ask, I know shes at home.
 
Matty
Pretty sure she would die from those pucks to the stomach.
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You may be right. Perhaps the pucks should be to the ass, or legs.


Matty, the two most painful experiences I've had were:

1 - having a wood splinter pulled out from under one of my fingernails by a doctor using razor thin pliers. That fukkin hurt.

2 - being bit by a racehorse at Woodbine back in 1982, fucker got me good, just under my left nipple/armpit.
Bruise took a year to heal completely.

honorable mention to the swab STD test having a metal q-tip inserted in my penis.
that was not much fun either.
 
well of course getting hit in the mask or shin pads with a puck is not as bad as taking a baseball to the face. whats the issue here? Those idiots are forced to constantly block shots with a chance its gonna find unprotected area. Thats more dangerous than standing looking at a fastball (which is unlikely to change directions in mid flight).

If we are comparing simply the amount of damage a puck would do to an unprotected body part vs baseball, then I'd say puck is worse.
 
It will depend on the force of impact.

The impact force is a product of the mass and the velocity (0.5*m*v^2).

A baseball weighs 5-5.25 oz (142-149 g).

A puck weighs 5.5-6 oz (160-170 g).

A slightly slower travelling puck could have the same impact force on the body as a fastball.

Since most fastballs rarely exceed 100 mph any puck travelling with more than 80 mph at the time of impact will have a greater impact force than the fastest travelling fastball.
 
Matty
BOOM

SCIENCE
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I think we know what could create greatest force. But I think the question posed by boner needs to be answered by a neurologist. For example does the pain increase as the force increases and is there a point which the human body will experience the same magnitude of pain once certain force is applied? Like will 500 lbs of force create more pain than 450 lbs of force?
 
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Boner_18
Lol. And surface area at impact is irrelevant? Stay off that guys bridges.

Would you rather be impacted by a 150g 2" diameter metal ball or a 150g 10" flat disk all else equal.
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Surface area has nothing to do with the impact force. It is assumed that the human body will absorb the force of impact. A 2" diameter metal ball could penetrate the human body.

If you drop a 150 g 2" diameter ball from a building and 150 g 10" flat disk from a building they will both hit with the same force assuming they will hit the ground at the same time. The 10" flat disk will probably decelerate due to it's shape and the drag.

But if you were to shoot two objects and the objects are of the same mass and they hit the target with the same speed the force will be the same.
 
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I don't know if there is a pre-existing pissing match behind this - and I won't attempt the science - but the answer is clear in my mind.

I got hit with quite a few fastballs when I played. If they just caught you in the meat somewhere, it was not that big a deal. Not that they were travelling 90 mph, but still, when I think of getting nailed in a similar puck situation - like, say, 20% slower than an NHL slapshot ---> I'll take the baseball and just trot down to first base

A slapped puck is a fucking thing.

Obviously there are awkward shitty spots to get hit but same rules apply for ball and puck.
 
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