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This baseball has a radar gun built into it
Curious as to how fast you can throw a baseball? The standard way to find that out would be by acquiring a baseball and a radar gun. But why buy two items when you can buy one that combines them both?
The SmartBall is a baseball with a built-in radar gun that shows you exactly how fast you throw it. Sure, it probably has a different weight than a normal ball and hitting it with a bat is a quick way to break your expensive new ball, but if you want to gauge your pitches this looks like as good a way as any.
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By HypnoticPigeon at 4:38 PM ON 06/22/09
This was done back in the 80's, i used to have 1.
By HypnoticPigeon at 4:42 PM ON 06/22/09
This was done back in the 80's, i used to have 1.
By TEC at 4:47 PM ON 06/22/09
Yeah same here. This has been out for a long time.
By Maj at 6:19 PM ON 06/22/09
It doesn't have a radar gun built in, it has an accelerometer, and it's not a very good one.
By t9 at 7:12 PM ON 06/22/09
If it has an accelerometer, why does it say, "The ball with a radar gun built in" on the box?
By stargate525 at 7:26 PM ON 06/22/09
Because most people have no idea what an accelerometer is.
Honestly, with a radar gun built into this, there's no way it'll get an accurate reading with all the spinning about.
By IsoTek at 1:41 PM ON 06/23/09
Yeah, I thought the "built in Radar Gun" was a misnomer. I remember back in the late 80's Mattel came out with a simlar baseball toy.
By cdl1701 at 12:23 PM ON 06/24/09
Yeah, noting new here... had one back in the 80s also and this one looks exactly the same.
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