A baseball batting centre in Kitakyushu has unveiled a pitching machine it calls the Super Monster.
At the Mihagino Batting Center, until November 4, you can try to lay bat on a pitch coming at you at a staggering 200km/h (or 125mph).
[A spokesman for the centre] says the Super Monster Machine is the fastest artificial pitching device in the world, with balls taking just 0.3 seconds to reach the plate after being hurled.
Nearly 80 percent of those who have tried their hand in a 15-pitch session with the machine have failed to get bat to ball.
The report adds that the machine pitches nearly 40km/h faster than record fastest pitch in Japanese pro baseball - Yokohama BayStars’ Mark Klune’s 161 km/h.
