Question

In Major League Baseball each base is 90 feet apart. and the pitchers mound is 60.5 feet away from home plate. The average base runner gets a 10 foot lead while he is on base. Billy Hamilton can steal a base in 3.1 seconds. Billy Hamilton is on first base trying to steal second. If a pitcher threw a 95mph fastball, how fast would the catchers throw to second need to be to throw him out if he caught the ball got the ball out of his hand and threw it to second base in 1.5 seconds. How long would it take for the pitch to get to second. Assuming Billy Hamilton started running at the same time the pitch was thrown. The distance between home plate and second base is 127 feet.

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