As Ramirez stepped into the batter's box once again, Lin Guanglai's second pitch came whistling through: this time, he threw a fastball straight towards the outer corner of the strike zone.
The previous pitch left Ramirez struggling somewhat; from his perspective, this pitch was certainly a good ball, but the question was, is it a fastball, or could it be a changeup?
From the pitcher's mound to home plate, 18.44 meters, accounting for the time it takes for nerve reactions, the batter has less than half a second to make a judgment. Within this less than half a second, Ramirez made up his mind, decisively choosing to swing using the mechanism for hitting a fastball.
The baseball grew closer and closer to home plate, its trajectory still straight, proving Ramirez's assumption right—this was indeed a fastball!
