The Physics of Baseball.

The Physics of Baseball Physics is the science of matter and energy and of interactions between the two. Physics can also be defined as the branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies, natural philosophy. The Physics of baseball can be …

…average head wind (10 miles per hour) can turn a 400-foot home run into a 370-foot out. *A 400-foot home run will go about 6 feet farther for every inch reduction on the barometer. *The collision of a ball on the bat lasts only about 1/100th of a second. *A batted ball should be able to travel no farther than 545 feet (excluding meteorologically freaky conditions). *There is no such thing (except in softball) as a rising fastball!