Re: [Phys-l] Baseball

[JMGreen <jmgreen@sisna.com>]

> I   fear that you are overlooking the correct answer on the question as to
> why the pitcher bends forward, sometimes, to read the signal from the
> catcher. Baseball like most sports is highly idiosyncratic. If a particular
> attitude, motion, manner of spitting, etc looks neat to the viewer it is
> readily adopted by others.

This looks correct to me.  During commercial breaks I switched over 
to the game last night. The Cardinals pitcher bent over and looked 
goofy -- The Dodgers pitcher stood erect in a gentlemanly fashion -- 
and they won (as they should -- they have a blue trim on their uniforms)

The most notable similarity among the various pitchers was that they 
all continuously held their mouths open as if they had a hard time 
figuring out what was going on.

So much for the physics of baseball.

Jim



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