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re: Am I the only one that thinks college baseball ain't what it was!!
Posted on 4/17/17 at 4:04 pm to ell_13
Posted on 4/17/17 at 4:04 pm to ell_13
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I have a physics degre
So do I.
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asking you how many injuries do you think were taking place with those bats?
Thats not the point. Having the ball come off the bat at a slower speed lessens the chance of injury. Which ball does more damage if they hit the same exact spot and at the same trajectory? A ball traveling 120 mph or a ball traveling 90 mph?
Who knows how many injuries it saved, but a remedial knowledge of physics tells you an object traveling at a higher speed carries more kinetic energy and can cause more damage.
This post was edited on 4/17/17 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 4/17/17 at 4:12 pm to Rickdaddy4188
quote:No you don't.
So do I.
quote:That's exactly the point. It's a matter of injuries and reaction time. A ball coming at you 90 mph can break your face. Ask Deichmann...
Thats not the point.
quote:Why are you using 120? None of the balls were going that fast. That's not what the bat changes did. The old bats had larger sweet spots with more trampoline effect throughout. This means more balls at 100-110 mph which when hit at the correct angle, left the park. Balls are STILL hit that hard but with less frequency. My point is that balls coming at a pitcher anywhere from 90 to 110 mph will do not get to the pitcher at significantly different times. If it's going to hit them in the face, it will hit them in the face. Both speeds do significant damage. But it didn't happen nearly as often as officials wanted people to believe.
Which ball does more damage if they hit the same exact spot and at the same trajectory? A ball traveling 120 mph or a ball traveling 90 mph?
No one had a problem with the first bat changes. Everyone agreed it was getting out of hand. So they put in standards. First the size of the bat, then the alloy, then physical thresholds. It was perfect in 2009. But they changed it again hiding behind "safety" which was a fricking cop out but it meant that there was no way the could go back. Which is why they've now tried changing the ball to allow for more spin, which causes a higher flight and what officials and coaches had hoped for more distance. It hasn't had the effect most had wanted.
This post was edited on 4/17/17 at 4:14 pm
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