February 24, 201511 yr I think this would be hilarious to see. Golfer Bubba Watson shows up at Reds Spring Training and challenges Billy Hamilton to a race | MLB.com On a side note, I had no idea that Watson had shares in a Reds' affiliate.
February 24, 201511 yr Maybe this another one of those tortoise vs. hare promotions. Is Mercedes a sponsor of either of these guys?
February 24, 201511 yr Author You know, crunching some math, I don't think it's that far off for Bubba to beat him. The race was for Bubba to leave second base, while Hamilton starts at home. Winner is the first one to cross home plate. So, if Billy runs an average of 3.5 seconds from base to base, it'd take him 14 seconds to make it around. That's 360 feet in 14 seconds, or 25.71 feet per second. Multiply that by 60, gets you 1,542.86 feet per minute. And multiplying that by 60, gets you 92,571.43 feet per hour. Dividing that by 5,280 gets you 17.53 mph. Watson, by running half that distance, only has to run at half that speed to tie Hamilton...which works out to 8.77 mph. According to Ask.com, the average person jogs at 8.3 mph...which, if correct, means IMO, it's totally doable.
February 26, 201511 yr I had a similar thing to myself. I was an Engineer and he worked in the store room. He always bragged how fast he was and he could jump from the ground to the top of the filing cabinet. He proceeded to tell me that he was twice as fast as me. He told me he would challenge me to a 100 yard race and give me a 50 yard head start. The next day I ran a 50 and my boss timed me. We went back to the Office and crunched the numbers and he would have to run world class speed to beat me. We ran the race and it was no long that he knew he bit off more than he could chew and he quickly gave up. We cleaned up on the bet. For Hamilton to win, he could start at home and run all the way around the bases and back to second and make Bubba run all bases once. Bubba like myself would have given out running a longer distance!
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