You have to see it to believe it, and even then, you might have your doubts. Ryan Mason, a senior pitcher for the University of California, threw a baseball through a free-falling cyclinder.
.@Cal_Baseball's Ryan Mason w/ the INSANE accuracy pic.twitter.com/HpxBPUli11
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) May 7, 2016
What. Can we get that in slow-motion?
Doubters be silenced: Here's Ryan Mason's trick shot in frame-by-frame slow motion! pic.twitter.com/U6bK1KUCyf
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) May 9, 2016
Okay, now real speed.
Yes, Ryan Mason threw this ball with accuracy.
Yes, it's real.
Yes, the video is authentic.
https://t.co/2sgtyAwjtG— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) May 9, 2016
According to Yahoo! Sports, this trick shot occurred in the Golden Bears' bullpen before the game. Trying to throw a ball through the tube is a common hobby in Berkeley, although no pitcher before Mason has ever actually gotten a ball through. Lucky for Mason, TV cameras happened to catch the moment, which was not being taped by the pitchers.
Mason's mother, Allison, posted his subsequent interview on the Pac-12 Network.
Cal Ryan Mason best pitching performance of the night !!! Lol pic.twitter.com/TZovylXFSk
— Allison Mason (@allisonmason55) May 7, 2016
Cal lost the actual game, 5-1, to Stanford. But even the smarty-pants Stanford kids couldn't do what Mason did.
