5-year-old tyke can hit 85 mph pitching, take infield

Ah, so that explains everything!

 

I enjoy that the No. 7 linked video on the right of that link is "plane crashes on video." Would be more fitting if it was train wrecks.

 

Call me when he dances (and smokes) like this:

 

I thought Bryce Harper was taller.

 

I didn't think about a helmet when he was facing the machine, but when the coach started throwing full speed at him ... yeah, needed a helmet.

And I don't buy that's an 85 mph machine either.

 

Jesus, he hits better right now than I ever hit on my best day.

 

No doubt it probably wasn't 85 MPH, but you could tell, that coach was throwing to him with some heat.

 

Impressive - but get back to me when the kid can hit pitching at different speeds, not knowing what speed is next.

My son is 7 and he can hit heat but it takes a few pitches for him to get the timing down. When I go change up and slow it down without telling him, it is a difficult transition.

 

I was going to post the same thing earlier but didn't want to sound like a dad bragging. My kid is 6, is still in T-ball and can hit pitches as long as they're fastballs right down the middle. If the ball is being put in the same spot every time, chances are he's going to hit it.

That being said, I'm more impressed with this kid's ability to field the ball. That's something that you just don't see at that age. I've watched more T-ball games that I'd care to remember and kids that age can barely get in front of a ball and grip it let alone do some of the stuff this kid is doing in the video.

 

That kid fields more reliably than I ever did.

 

That kid fields more reliably than just about everyone on my softball team.

 

Well, he is sober.