Science of Baseball
This online exhibition shows you how physics plays into baseball. See how fast your reaction time is with an interactive pitching game, and find out what it takes to hit a home run. Check out the "Girls of Summer" feature, which highlights some of the most successful women ballplayers of all time, and how the statistics of a player like Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle change over time. Other features include video clips from ballplayers, the evolution and production of the baseball bat and baseball activities like how to throw a mean curveball and find the sweet spot on the bat.
Source: Exploratorium
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