Baseball Science
Baseball and science go together like chocolate and peanut butter. This image shows the timing required by a batter to hit a ball. The image is based on the work of Robert Adair, who literally wrote the book on the Physics of Baseball. 15 milliseconds (0.015 seconds) is all that separates a fair ball from a foul.
More: NASA has a java applet that simulates pitches based on user criteria. You can even simulate pitches on Mt. Everest or on Mars. I must note that it doesn’t properly simulate a knuckleball (a pitch with no rotation that travels erratically).
May 29th, 2008 at 4:59 am
That chart is awesome! I will have to show it to my seven year old baseball star. Last night I watched a Seattle pitcher throw a 100 mph fast ball against Boston. No chance.