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baseball physics

Does Mass = Gas?

No. Baseball players are always saying things like “mass equals gas”. I subscribed to this belief my whole life because as I got older I got heavier and I threw harder. The powers of puberty and skill development were conspiring to make me equate mass with gas. All this is to say that throwing a […]

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How does a Baseball look?

Ok, I have a simple idea and I’m not sure if this is something that scouts or professional baseball teams are keeping track of. The idea is this: a spinning baseball looks different depending on its orientation. For example, a 4 seam fastball spinning perfectly backwards with 100% efficiency will look very white, but a […]