Alan Nathan @pobguy
Physics Prof, UIllinois; APS Fellow; ex-nuclear, now baseball physicist; SABR Chadwick Award. Interests: US history; ConLaw; politics; WWI. All views my own. baseball.physics.illinois.edu Champaign IL Joined June 2009-
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That's exactly what modern tracking systems ( Pitchf/x, Hawkeye, ...) do. It is well known from these systems that a pitch loses 8-10% of its release speed by the time it reaches home plate home plate.
@ColeYoungFan Couldn’t you just measure the frames of the recording and figure out the distance of between release and plate and use basic math instead of random abstract add x mph to get a big number
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Maybe we should also have UML do some impact testing
@pobguy We should talk! I had a long conversation last week with David Chandler (@authentic_bats) who has been working with the Yankees regarding these bats. I'll be getting some of these for my lab soon so I can do modal testing and affirm the sweet spot location (bending modes)
To what extent is the higher rotational swing speed, due to lower MOI, compensated by shorter lever arm?
@pobguy Alan, @sunshinevvn did some analyses that may interest you here: x.com/sunshinevvn/st…
Working on it! I am trying to get more info on the mass distribution of the new bat. Once I have that, it will be relatively straightforward to figure out how the new design might impact exit velocity.
@pobguy how much could these bat changes theoretically impact exit velocities?
Can anyone out there provide me with some info on the diameter profile of the new bat design. One of my first forays into the physics of baseball was developing a computational model of the bat that allows me to simulate the ball-bat collision. I'd like to try it on this one.
Well this is wild… The Yankees made new bats that moved more of the wood into the label so the hardest part of the bat strikes the ball. They have 8 home runs today.
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We lost a Legend. I lost my mentor. As a former player and coach I have been blessed to have had Itch in my life for 40 years. He was a true champion. I would not be where I am today without his guidance. A second father and the best human I have ever been around.
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