The batter's job is to get the bat in the right place at the right time, at the right location on the on the bat itself with a high bat speed. How hard that ball will be hit along with the launch angle is what determines how far that ball will go and therefore whether it's a home run or not. Jeff Pearlman: It might take something like four tenths of a second from release until the ball gets the whole plate. The swing itself takes something like point one five seconds for an angel hitter.
Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice learn why it’s so hard to hit one out of the park, Guests: Geoff Blum, the Chicago White Sox legend and announcer for the Houston Astros, and Alan M. Nathan, Professor Emeritus of Physics.
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