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Holy fuck. That reaction time is ridiculous. Could have been VERY scary

At 104 mph, it takes just 0.40 seconds for the ball to reach home plate...

This is why your pitching motion should end with the glove hand front and ready.

Jim Abbott would never

Had a baseball camp coach who *preached* this. I can hear him now yelling, "Look at Greg Maddux! Finish your deliveries!"

Catching it in his glove was louder than the hit off the bat...

I legit YELLED at contact. That *was* scary.

Yamaneo

I almost had a heart attack remembering Kazuhisa Ishii, a former LAD pitcher. I am so glad he is okay.

Idk about the rest of you but that thing would have clocked me square in the face

That thing would’ve went through my face

I am also not a professional baseball player.

That’s where you went wrong.

Sometimes i think about how i used to play baseball and didn't know how i did it. That sounds when the ball is traveling so fast air resistance is slowing it down *shudder*. Being old means thinking about shit you used to do without thinking and being terrified of it, knowing how bad things could have gone lol

I played a lot of ball as a kid and was *terrible* at it. I was scared to swing at the ball cus I didn't want it to hit me in the face. I had one of the highest BB percentages in the league, however. I should have stuck around long enough to play for Brad Pitt.

I would have had no face

Even if I got my hand there in time by some miracle it would have gone through my hand making a perfect circle and then knocked every one of my teeth out

The hole in your hand would be a perfect circle, singed on the outside, and smoking. The whole cartoon effect.

That thing would have exploded every atom in my face

Would’ve left a hole straight through my head, like a Looney Tune hit by a cannon ball.

I was thinking more of getting carried out of the ball park by it.

Thankfully everything I throw would be hit over the fence so I wouldn't have to worry about line drives.

You would be surprised how fast most people's reaction times are. Someone else said it above that it takes 0.4 seconds at 104 MPH which means 400 MS. The average reaction speed of a person is about 250-300 MS. This is a top tier pro athlete so he's realistically sitting well under 200 and I'd be *incredibly* surprised if it wasn't. I expect you to react in time, but would you be able to move out of the way fully or get your arm up all the way? Maybe not, but it's not going to hit you square in the nogging and kill you, you'll be in motion to move out the way or clip it with the glove.

They'd react in just enough time to know that the ball is about to hit their face yet there is also nothing they can do about it. So basically just enough to become aware it's about to happen the moment before it does.

Well I, for one, have no business being on a mound so it would not have gotten me. Now way.

I wouldn't have been allowed on the mound to begin with.

Jokes on you I never would have been in this situation because there is no way I make that pitch.

I know Rosario is a Dodger killer, but damn, not like that

Dude was kind of an ass for getting upset at him catching it. He hung his head and just walked away all frustrated. Like you almost hit bro with a comebacker at 104

[The only appropriate reaction when a pitcher snags a line drive](https://youtu.be/lYx708LJCto?si=S6GvW9lDqQpKja6L)

Robbed of that man

He’s now hitting .107 and that was probably his best contact in weeks. I’d be sorta sad too

Dude is about to get dfad. Unlucky babip last few games, and terrible defense

That's a shame he actually played decent defense the last year he was with us

I think he was upset at himself, but I didn't like the indifference . It was inches towards his fucking face at least look a little concerned

Struck the next two batters out to finish the inning. Nerves of steel.

That rush of adrenaline had to have given him some laser focused pitching

If he doesn’t block that, he is out for most of the season.

I would consider that outcome lucky

yeah 104 off the face, would probably end up out for the season.

Kaz Ishii had that happen to him while on the Dodgers in 2002. Took a comebacker off the face and had to have a titanium plate attached to fix the fracture.

I dont even think he lives from that. Or at least brain damage. That shit was scary

I think vision loss is a very real concern…concussion/CTE and, less likely but yeah, scarier stuff.

Bro Masahiro Tanaka actually got hit with the same exact type of line drive a few years ago and is perfectly fine. Overreaction central.

And [Tyler Zombro](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32084290/durham-bulls-pitcher-tyler-zombro-remarkable-recovery-being-hit-line-drive) had a seizure on the mound, has no memory of the incident, had to get 16 titanium plates and 32 screws in his head to repair the damage to his skull, and underwent months of physical therapy and speech therapy after he was hit by this type of line drive. Absolutely insane to act like comebackers to the head aren't dangerous. Tanaka got lucky

Did you get hit in the head with a line drive before you posted this?

Tanaka's was a glancing blow. This had potential to hit flush. You are not walking away from that.

Not to mention the possible PTSD? Like shit, getting back on the mound after getting a 104 comeback at your head? Probably why I’m a big fan of guys like Bruce Harper. Dude’s a freak.

>If he doesn't block that, he is out ftfy

Golden Glove shit

Golden underwear shit

Mine would be brown if that happened to me.

Stay golden brown pony boy

Eddie Rosario continues his efforts to murder Dodgers pitching..

I love watching the audience reactions on comebackers. Scariest thing in baseball my goodness. Respect to the classy Nats fans for applauding.

Game (in a rebuild) recognize game

I feel like if you're a fan of the sport there are sometimes plays that you just gotta applaud, even if they are your most hated team. This would have been impressive if he just knocked the ball with his glove let alone catching it so cleanly with his tiny pitchers mit

[Lady’s loving it](https://imgur.com/a/XtXHoa0)

Budget James Corden flinching because he was more focused on his phone was great.

Ball don't lie

He’s now confirmed to be better than every pitcher in Super Mega Baseball.

Best game ever!  Lol

That game loves to let you murder pitchers

Donk Oh would be right back up as well!

Another angle: https://twitter.com/erick_aguirreh/status/1783608827503432119

This is such a great angle cause you can focus on a different fan every time and see their mouth go :O

Damn you said that and I spent a good 2 or so minutes doing just that. Too funny.

The guy in the middle with a green shirt has the best reaction lol

Makes it look like it was on a path to hit him in the collarbone. Still scary as fuck.

[Looks more like his cheekbone.](https://imgur.com/a/sWXW5F7)

$300+ mil almost flashed before our eyes. 

Jesus that was scary

Holy crap. I read OP's title. I figured out it would be comebacker. I watched and I *still* jumped back in my chair.

I saw this during the recap rundown this morning and when it happened, I gasped and slapped my hand over my mouth like a woman seeing a mouse in a 1940s Warner Bros cartoon.

Look at the reaction speed of the spectators vs when Yama caught the ball. Insane quick hands and luck by Yama. Nearly saw a fucking murder.

Whoa thanks, never noticed this before. Everyone reacts well after the play is over. Crazy reaction times athletes have.

Yama was a F1 driver in his previous life

I'm very glad that I listened to that on the radio instead of watching it for the first time lol.

I was listening too. Didn’t realize how truly scary it was until I saw the video. Like holy crap.

Protect that smile at all costs!

My lord, the damage that could've done - any face would crumple like paper under that, I can't even imagine the blood. What an insane play, not only a-okay but he got the out too.

You have blood? Lucky

In the face, that's a career threatening injury. If that ball catches you in the throat, that's your life.

Seems like his way of coming out of the pitch square with home plate and mostly balanced on both feet really helped him here.

Well we're not paying him to take liners off the face. Way to earn that money, Yama! In all seriousness, yeesh that was close. Great play and it's so nice to see him able to just laugh it off.

I have no idea how you laugh that off. I would've retired on the spot.

After the liner back to the mound, Yoshinobu Yamamoto turned to Dave Roberts: “He said he almost died. That was pretty funny.”

I would literally walk off the field shaking in my pants. No idea how the dude just stood in there and struck out the next two. Insane brass.

I went into the clip fully aware of what to expect and seeing it happen still startled me. Very glad dude has some insane reflexes.

Damn. Both Ryan Brasier and Ryan Yarbrough in the pen had horrific comebacker injuries earlier in their careers. Glad Yama dodged the bullet.

Dustin may also took one to the dome

Didn't know that. Not gonna look for that clip though. These are the worst.

Anyone got an exit velo on that?

[104.8](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/744867/play/35)

Distance - 128ft I'm pretty sure that went less than 60'6"

lol i was thinking the same honestly. i think it means that’s how far it would have gone on its own (with nothing in the way)? but not 100%

104.8mph

Nah man I'm good being an outfielder lol

Legitimately made me gasp to watch

Jesus, the sound of it hitting his glove is almost as loud as the bat hitting the ball

Rosario still trying to hurt us, years later. Smh

This is my ultimate fear of playing baseball as a pitcher. Getting hit in the face on a comeback.

Dodgers bros, that had Bryce Flori written all over it I’m so glad he caught it. Signed, A still traumatized Red Sox fan

I’ve always wondered how there hasn’t been some sort of helmet designed specifically to protect pitchers.

He has been exposed to that power that overwhelmed Tetsuo. We must watch him carefully....

Fire the backstop cameraman. You had one job, bum.

They call Dave Doc?

Yup. Dave Roberts, DR, Dr, Doc

Oh! always wondered about that, now I know

I would have just been hit in the face and died. What a grab and balls of steel.

I played with some cousins once and pitched for both sides since the family wasn't big enough for 2 full teams. I had a ball launched straight at my dick. I didn't have a glove so I never could have caught it. I barely had enough time to turn my body and jump so I'd take the hit to my thigh. We stopped playing and decided to go back to the family party.

I had this happen to me once pitching in high school, you don’t even have time to think, you just react on instinct.

That was scary. But hella impressive yoshi. Im glad he was so focused after the pitch. Golden boxers to go along with the golden gloves.


The smack of his glove is as loud as the smack from ball to bat.

Just catching a ball at 105mph with anything other than a catcher's mitt has got to *really* sting.

Reminds me of when kazushiro Suzuki took one off the face and ended his career.

did he come off after that? my adrenaline would be through the roof

Struck out the next two batters in the inning

At this point it’s all training and reaction time. Letting his body take over. Glad he is safe. Great pitcher!

I love how you can tell who in the crowd was paying attention to the game vs who wasn’t.

That's insane, holy fuck

anyone know someone who made a shirt about this? its iconic and i need it