The spin of a batting ball is really what matters in terms of the trajectory. It was thought maybe a decade ago that a curve ball has topspin, a fastball has batspin. But now we have data that seems to suggest that the spin of the batting ball really is not greatly dependent on the spin.
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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