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Is 186,282.397051220 miles per second as fast as a Curveball (baseball)?

It's about 9,000,000 times as fast as a Curveball (baseball)
The speed of a Curveball (baseball) is about 0.021 miles per second.
(a.k.a. hook, a.k.a. hammer, a.k.a. yakker) (major league average)
The average speed of major league curveball pitch is 0.021 miles per second. In the 1940's, debate over whether there really was a curve in the curveball pitch was settled with the conclusion that the ball does curve; however, an optical illusion caused by the spin of the ball and the batter's perception of motion exaggerates the extent of the curve.
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