Neil deGrasse Tyson Live-Tweets The MLB All-Star Game With Predictably Awesome Results

Neil deGrasse Tyson is about the only truly famous astrophysicist we have these days, but boy has he taken off like a rocket (pun most definitely intended). Through countless televisions appearances and a strong online presence, the Hayden Planetarium director has gained quite the pop culture status.

Science is fascinating, fun, and invaluable. That’s what I take from Neil deGrasse Tyson.

As a fan of Tyson, you can imagine my delight when I noticed that he was about to live-tweet Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star game:

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Tonight’s @AllStarGame compells me to Tweet what Baseball looks like through the lens of an astrophysicist…

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So, let’s take a baseball journey – through the eyes of an astrophysicist…

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In the 1960s, when we still dreamed, we named a dome, a baseball team, and even the artificial turf they played on “Astro”

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If baseball reported averages to 4 decimal places instead of 3, then a three-hundred hitter would be batting “three thousand”

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You can play baseball on the airless Moon, but only if you find a way not to suffocate & if you don’t care about curve balls.

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In Baseball, if a pitch hits you on ball four, you should get to advance to second base.

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Baseball should track extraordinary plays that fielders can bank, and then credit against errors they might later commit.

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Never figured why the Foul Pole is called the Foul Pole when it’s entirely in fair territory. Should be called the Fair Pole.

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Curious that intent is assigned by announcers when a batter gets a hit. Yet 70% of the time the player can’t get a hit at all

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Does it disturb anyone else that “The Los Angeles Angels” baseball team translates directly to “The The Angels Angels”?

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Slowest pitch in Baseball to reach catcher? 30 mph, thrown at 45-deg angle. Any slower and at any other angle hits the ground

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FYI: Laws of physics show that it takes twice as much energy to throw a baseball 100 mph than it does to throw one at 70 mph.

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Hand-stitched balls, rubbing mud, leather mitts, wooden bats, pine tar. Baseball: a game untouched by modern materials.

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Careful observation reveals that players & coaches of 3hr Baseball games spit at least 6-gal (24 liters) of saliva onto field

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This was probably the best thing on Twitter in quite some time. I hope that he makes a habit of this. I’d love to see the Super Bowl, The Masters, the NBA Finals, and even a Tennis tournament here and there through his eyes.

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Frank Black
July 11, 2012 at 4:27 pm

So funny! Neil’s the man

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Jester
July 13, 2012 at 1:23 pm

WOW, this guy just sits there and tweets all day? What a tool.

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