Scattering of a Baseball by a Bat

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2006-05-04

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605040v1

Physics

Popular Physics

Accepted for publication in American Journal of Physics

Scientific paper

10.1119/1.2209246

A ball can be hit faster if it is projected without spin but it can be hit farther if it is projected with backspin. Measurements are presented in this paper of the tradeoff between speed and spin for a baseball impacting a baseball bat. The results are inconsistent with a collision model in which the ball rolls off the bat and instead imply tangential compliance in the ball, the bat, or both. If the results are extrapolated to the higher speeds that are typical of the game of baseball, they suggest that a curveball can be hit with greater backspin than a fastball, but by an amount that is less than would be the case in the absence of tangential compliance.

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