The bad thing about the Nova Force is that it's really the kind of power that's made for blasting things up without worrying about the collateral damage.

Typically Sam's up against the kinds of opponents that can eat a few blasts, but he's not about to count on a bunch of rioting civilians being used to handling cosmic level superpowers, and he'd rather not hurt them any more than necessary to keep things from exploding. (Even if they are being total jerks about this.)

So he doesn't open up with an energy blast - not towards the guy with the bat, anyway. Instead, Sam aims it behind himself, to propel himself forward at high speed, foot first, and kick the thug in the gut, knocking him back.

"I'm pretty sure that's against MLB rules, dude. Why don't you go find a ball to hit?"