Posts Tagged ‘baseball’
MLB ump schedule covers all the bases
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Scheduling umpires for Major League Baseball’s entire 2,430 game season is a daunting task. And that’s if you know what an umpire is to begin with. Continue…
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 15:09 - 1 Comment
Science & Technology - Oct 14, 2010 11:28 - 6 Comments
No breaking curveball? Say it ain’t so
USC (US) — No pitcher can make a curveball “break” or a fastball “rise.” What hitters—and fans—think they see is simply an illusion, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 4, 2010 16:45 - 0 Comments
Baseball’s winning formula calculated
IOWA STATE (US)—Kerry Whisnant is a St. Louis Cardinals fan. He’s also a physicist who has worked out one of baseball’s mathematical mysteries. According to Whisnant’s calculation, runs alone don’t add up to wins. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 25, 2010 11:16 - 1 Comment
There’s nothing lucky about catching flies
BROWN (US)—New research supports a long-standing theory about how outfielders catch fly balls. The eye continuously tracks the ball as its visual velocity increases or decreases, and the outfielder runs backward or forward to compensate. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 27, 2009 16:56 - 1 Comment
Break of curveball in eye of batter?
USC (US)—The answer to the question of whose curveball breaks harder—that of the Yankees’ A.J. Burnett or the Phillies’ Cole Hamels—may be neither. (more…)
