Re: [Phys-l] Baseball

[jbellina <jbellina@saintmarys.edu>]

So does that mean that while the pitcher is squinting to see what the  
catcher is signaling, the batter is squinting to see how the pitcher  
is holding the ball?  Somehow in my mind I have a very amusing picture.
As you might guess I am grading lab notebooks and am looking for any  
excuse.

joe

Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556

On Oct 20, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Scott Goelzer wrote:

> It is considered important to hide one's grip on the ball from the
> batter.
> Knowing the grip on the ball could give the batter foreknowledge of
> the pitch to come.
> My batting skills were never so good.
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> Scott
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> On Oct 20, 2006, at 1:15 PM, JMGreen wrote:
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> > At 07:39 AM 10/20/2006, you wrote:
> > > Squinting can make the image sharper (clearer).  For a near sighted
> > > person it helps because it increases the depth of field(in focus
> > > distances)
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> > OK, squinting seems reasonable, but why do some pitchers bend over
> > with the ball behind their back/butt  --  This seems so goofy -- Of
> > course the whole game seems goofy to me -- Which is worse, baseball
> > or golf?
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> > Jim
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> > J M Green
> > Email:  MailTo:JMGreen@sisna.com
> > WWW: HTTP://users.sisna.com/JMGreen
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