Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Sat Feb 7 21:38:31 2004

Hi,
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> i was wondering what the average/topspeed of a baseball is when it is hit by a player....so not the pitch but the actual hit....!!!
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> hope to get an answer..
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> thanx
>
> B79

Hi B79,

I might be able to point you in the direction of a post that covers this information. According to this point, McGwire's 538-foot shot against Randy Johnson's 97-mph fastball yielded a 140.75 exit velocity. In order to access this information in more detail, I will refer you to a post--Fri. Dec. 31 11:4202 1999--that is a response to the conservation of Momentum. The poster's name is Steve T.

Sincerely,
BHL
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