"Baseball's a simple game. You hit the ball. You throw the ball. You catch the ball," said a well-respected baseball manager by the name of Casey Stengel. Mr. Stengel was a baseball man, not a mathematician nor a physicist. Physics and mathematics can be applied to the game of baseball on every pitch, and on every swing of the bat.
To understand the physics of the game, it is first necessary to look at the center of the game, the ball. Section 1.09 of the Official Baseball Rules states that the ball must weigh between 5 ounces and 5 ¼ ounces, and that the circumference of the ball must be between 9 inches and 9 ¼- inches (www.majorleaguebaseball.com/library/rules.sml).
The velocity of the ball plays a large part in its motion. When the ball is traveling at a speed of about 50 miles per hour or less (small velocity), it is said that the air runs "smooth" over the ball, which does not create much movement. For velocities of about 200-mph or more, the air surrounding the......

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