How HUGE is the pocket in baseball?
In pool, you have to hit a 2 1/4 inch ball into a 4 1/2 inch pocket from as far away as 9 feet. I will admit the ball isn't a moving target though.
In baseball, your pocket is staying within bounds and as far and high as you can hit it. How many inches is that pocket?
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With 9 fielders paid millions of dollars to prevent it from hitting the "pocket". Not to mention the guy throwing the ball 95mph or higher, with movement.
Just hitting the ball is a challenge in baseball, because even if you manage to somehow hit it, the 9 guys are still trying to prevent the hit by catching it first. Not to mention having enough strength to hit it past someone in baseball.
A better example, having to throw a baseball from 60 feet away, as hard as you can, but split the 17 inch "pocket" of the plate, and it only counts if the guy does not hit it. Not so easy, cause if it was, we'd all have $100M contracts.