Posted by: () on Thu Jul 26 09:30:05 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.
> >
> > FJ
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> 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.



I can say the same thing to you. If you are going to give answers that have no practical use since they are based on "made up facts" and other "old wive's tales," why give an answer at all?

Actually you should learned something from my return comments. I explained to you that something you beleive is wrong. But you didn't. Oh well.

FJ