Pitching the Perfect Curveball Takes Just the Right Mix of Skill and Physics [cheapestps3controller269.blogspot.com]

Pitching the Perfect Curveball Takes Just the Right Mix of Skill and Physics [cheapestps3controller269.blogspot.com]

Among a baseball pitcher’s arsenal of tricks is the infamous curveball, whereby the baseball takes a sudden dive downward just before it reaches the plate, faking out the batter. A new “History Minute” video from the National Institute of Standards and Technology takes a look at the physics behind this longstanding bane of batters.

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[cheapestps3controller269.blogspot.com] Pitching the Perfect Curveball Takes Just the Right Mix of Skill and Physics