In a major league baseball match between New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, the bat left by Martin Prado balanced perfectly (see video below). It is the almost magic flip of a coin that outsmarts the statistics teacher!

So is this possible at all? In a traditional physics class, the bat having a round top, cannot be stable and balance as indicated, but it may not be fake after all: In the real world the bat is not infinitely smooth and the roughness may create a small area in which the balance i spossible. Also, the point of balance doesn't have to be perfect, it just have to be good enough for the bat to balance in the few seconds visible on the video.