Introduction
Baseball is a fairly simple game, once you understand the simple mix of science involved in baseball.
Also, there is much more to the game of baseball than simply hitting and pitching the ball.
Here is a few bits of information about a baseball that is hit 400 feet.
1. For each 1000 feet of altitude you can add 7 Feet.
2. For each 10 degrees of air temp you can add 4 Feet.
3. For each 10 degrees of ball temp you can add 4 Feet.
4. For each 1 inch drop in Barometer you can add 6 Feet.
5. For each 1 mph following wind you can add 3 Feet.
6. With the Ball at 100 % Humidity you can subtract 30 Feet.
7. When the ball is Pitched, for every 5 mph you can add 3.5 Feet.
8. For a ball Hit along the foul line you can add 11 Feet.
9. When an Aluminum Bat is used you can add 30 Feet.
A couple more bits of general information.
1. A curve ball that seems to break over 14 inches never actually deviates from a straight line by more than 3 inches
2. There is no such thing in baseball as a rising fastball!
3. The collision of a ball on the bat lasts only about 1/1000th of a second.
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That a batted ball should be able to travel no farther than 545 Feet.
The Path of a Baseball
A baseball will always follow a parabolic motion when hit with the bat. This is mainly due to the force of gravity acting on the baseball after it is hit.
A baseball like most other things follows the three laws of motion that were created by Sir Isaac Newton.
The three laws of motion are:
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Law 1. An object continues in its initial state of rest or motion with uniform velocity unless it is acted on by an unbalanced, or net external, force.
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Law 2.
A bat can bend in different ways. For example, if you were to place each end of a bat on a brick and stand on the bat in the middle, then the bat would bend in the middle. That bend in the middle hi where the ball should be hit.
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