Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Tue Apr 20 20:29:33 2004

>>> Finally, tack on additional 8.5 inches, and really cast, and the lever increases to 51 inches. Likewise, this means that the lever will also offset the distance away from the plate, and allow contact to be made 45 degrees from the third base line.
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> 45 degrees is far from perpendicular. <<<
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> Hi BHL
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> When you state, “and allow contact to be made 45 degrees from the third base line -- 45 degrees is far from perpendicular,” are you not saying that when you pull a ball, the bat has rotated 45 degree past perpendicular, or 45 degrees from the third base line.
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> Jack Mankin

Hi Jack,

Sorry about the quadruple posting. It seems as if my computer freezes the minute I hit the post button. I experienced the same technical difficulties in December, 1999.

Now, when the comment was made about the bat making contact with the bathead perpendicular to the third base line, I assumed the following: the bat is facing the left field fence at contact, or in the following position: __!. What I meant is that the bat is the 225 degree--or 135 degree position: __/.

I hope this clears any geometric confusion up.

Sincerely,
BHL
Knight1285@aol.com
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