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#ICYMI - Baseball - Home Run Physics

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The Physics of Home Runs

Former Major League Baseball infielder and all round legend in my book Jeff Blum. physics professor Alan Nathan who spent the past decades studying the physics of baseball so we couldn't have two but I guess really could we chuck. So if your golden life is to hit the ball harder making the bat lighter will not do it for you. Professor: "It's kind of an evolution of guys thinking about bat speed which is what the professor's talking about"

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