Some pitchers do the same thing though, with an off speed pitch. You throw it at chuck speed, like true, chuck speed. Chut speed. Pitch it lust cald a. Blaze em with a 91 mile an hour blaze em again. A knuckle ball does not spin and is useless if there's no breeze. We're going to take a quick break. When we come back, more things you thought you knew.
What is the Magnus Effect? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore physics through spin, banking, and angular momentum. Why are race tracks banked?
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