I would always look at a ball being hit traveling at a more shallow angle to travel further. I don't know that they have the ability to swing at a level pitch at a 45 degree angle. Maybe it could be a future thing they attempt, but it's hard enough hitting the ball,. swinging in the same plane as the ball and they miss most of the time. Right. They don't nobody gets hits 50% of the time or even 30%. The greats get hits 30% of the times and make it into the hall of fame.
What is exit velocity? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore parabolas, measuring the speed of an object using the Doppler effect, and other physics in baseball.
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