Physics of Baseball

[T. Brown 1st MRB]

LINK

Fascinating results from 5000 frames/sec cameras used in the 2012 NLCS (I don't know what that acronym means, but this is still riveting footage/text)

[Kabasares]

NLCS = National League Championship Series

[T. Brown 1st MRB]

If I'm reading wiki that is up to date, it is Giants vs Cardinals, and is going on right now?

[Englebretson 1st MRB]

I love when people say baseball isnt a very physical sport. Try hitting a fist sized ball going in excess of 90mph while the ball is having a seizure in mid air.

[Parker 1st MRB]

When they say baseball isn't physical, I think they mean player-player contact.

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

What? No player-player contact?

I disagree.

[Parker 1st MRB]

Oh those Japanese....

[Goodwin 1st MRB]

When they say baseball isn't physical, I think they mean player-player contact.

Or they could mean the 3845678971 minutes that most outfielders spend standing there picking daisies or the half of the game that the players spend sitting on their asses in a dugout.

Hitting the ball is difficult and requires great hand-eye coordination.

Making some amazing plays to get to a ball and catch it also requires athleticism and ability but those amazing plays aren't extremely frequent - if they were, there wouldn't be enough highlight reels!

Pitchers have to be able to throw with great control.

Beyond that there really isn't much to baseball besides standing around, occasionally catching a ball if it comes your way, throwing the ball to your teammate and sitting in the dugout.

[Englebretson 1st MRB]

You sure know a lot about balls

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

Might not be the most active game, but it's one of the more difficult ones skill-wise.

[Goodwin 1st MRB]

Might not be the most active game, but it's one of the more difficult ones skill-wise.

Throwing with the control of a pitcher or catcher is difficult.

Hitting is difficult.

Beyond that? No way! Although, at a professional level, I think most sports are more difficult than the players make them look.

But I think even I could stand in outfield and kick flowers with the best of them! :-D