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Ninja Slices Speeding Fastball In Half

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Who needs a bat when you have a sword?

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Okay, so it’s not really a ninja. But Isao Machii is an honest-to-goodness samurai, and if you had any doubts, watch him take on a 100 MPH baseball pitch with his trusty sword, a reaction time of 0.2 seconds. Not bad, eh? Let’s hope someone in the forthcoming World Series boasts this kind of dexterity.

Just one question remains: Do you get two home runs if you slice the ball clean in half?

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