"A small, but interesting, portion of baseball can be understood on the basis of physical principles. The flight of ba…"

"Much of the subtlety of baseball is derived from the fact that so much of the game is played in the region between de…"

"The maximum Magnus force on a ball spinning at a rate of 1800 rpm is seen to be about one-third of the weight of the …"

"Note that the ball falls at a rather large angle at the end of its flight; the trajectories are not symmetric."

"Almost all of fluid dynamics follows from a differential equation called the Navier-Stokes equation. But this general…"

"Control pitchers hit corners with an uncertainty of about 3". One must be a fairly good shot to shoot a pistol with t…"

"Balls curve as a consequence of asymmetries in the resistance of the air through which they pass."

"Every 3 feet of lead is worth about one-tenth of a second, and a rolling start is worth a good half second. Indeed, t…"

"To hit a baseball with dispatch, one needs both to step into the ball and to rotate."

"The American ash from which bats are made has an unusually high strength-to-weight ratio. Ash was celebrated in medie…"