What are the odds?

[cowboysrule48]

Denard Span hit a foul ball today that hit a spectator. It was his mother...
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring201 ... id=5043987

 

[js0000001]

6000 fans in attendance

1:6000

 

[Gwynn545]

Let's see...just a hair over a trillion different ways a foul ball could go...and it hits a fan = 1 in a trillion. However, add the fact that the fan was his mom (43 billion people in the world = 1 in 43 billion. I am no math whiz, but I think you multiply those together to get the theoretical odds...
:lol: :lol:
Wow! Thanks for sharing that!

 

[masonphillip]

6000 fans in attendance

1:6000

Actually it would be

The odds that he hit a foul ball (1/x) * the odds that it hit a certain space within the stadium the size of a person (1/x) * the odds that there was a person in that space * (1/x) * the odds that the person in that space was his mom.

 

[leatherman]

Wrong. The correct answer is 7.

 

[AKT74]

50/50, it either hits her or it doesn't hit her. It's that simple.

 

[donrusscrusademan]

insert "thats not the first time his moms taken balls to the face" line

 

[cowboysrule48]

insert "thats not the first time his moms taken balls to the face" line

But it hit her in the chest!

 

[notjomommasclint]

1:1

 

[thenumberonemetfan]

insert "thats not the first time his moms taken balls to the face" line

But it hit her in the chest!

Ah the old pearl necklace......

Stay classy

 

[Mighty Bombjack]

1:1

a determinist, me likes

 

[moxacaine]

Sleeping all day and i missed this and didnt see it until about 10 mins ago and made a thread. Deleted it though.

How crazy is this though? Glad she is ok.

 

[J.O.]

who recalls when chuck knoblauch threw the ball into the stands... and the ESPN anchorman giving the story was keith olbermann. oh yeah, the ball hit olbermann's mother

 

[kentuckyderby]

better than 1:1 (possibly about 8:5) since he is adopted