Posted by: () on Wed Jul 25 21:58:26 2001

> To The Guy who posted the above,
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> All thrown balls drop at any distance. It's a unchangeable fact of nature that when the supporting force operating on an object (for a ball it's the pitchers hand) gravity instantly starts to pull it downward.
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> In the boook "Keep Your Eye On The Ball" the author states that a baseball thrown from the pitcher's mound at 100 mph at a distance of 55 feet (to allow for the release point) will drop 2.61 feet. This is fact.
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> I wish people were knowledgable about some of the laws of physics that govern the sport of baseball. It's not helpful to the kids if we pass along old-wives-tales and other made up information. It's not like this stuff is unavailable or difficult to find. I have seen the above mentioned book referrenced many times in this place. Any decent libraray will have many sources for this kind of infromation.
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> FJ

Why post a question, when you already know your answer .. Im just sharing what works for us, and has worked for me for for years. Pitch to your girls as you see fit.