[Husker] PineTar and Aluminum Bats (fwd)

[kiefer5 at everestkc.net]

Interesting statistics about aluminum bats and college baseball can be found at:
http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/bats-new/NCAA-stats.html

A powerpoint presentation based on the book "The Physics of Basball", there are phyiscs comparisons between aluminum bats and wood bats.
www.npl.uiuc.edu/~a-nathan/pob/ppt/parkland.ppt 

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:59 am
Subject: RE: [Husker] PineTar and Aluminum Bats (fwd)

> >In the real world however, where 80 and 90 mph pitches are far 
> more common and swings are much harder, an 80 mph pitch can 
> produce exit speeds in excess of 114 mph, giving a pitcher less 
> than .02 of a second to react - in excess of what any human is 
> capable of. Anyway - for those interested watch the piece...like 
> most things on HBO Real Sports it is very well done. 
> 
> Actually, I find the HBO Real Sports pieces are often rather 
> biased.  
> They tend to cite only the arguments that support their 'conclusion'.
> 
> I also question your math.  
> 
> 115 MPH is 167 feet/second.  The mound is 60'6" from the plate, so 
> after 
> the pitch the pitcher is about 55 feet from the batter.  It will 
> take 
> .327 seconds for the ball to travel from the plate to the pitcher.
> 
> What are you basing that reaction time upon?  According to most 
> research,a well-conditioned athlete has a reaction time of between 
> .11 and .18 seconds.
> 
> It's interesting that aluminum bats were originally intended to 
> save money,
> but have you actually priced them lately?   A state-of-the-art 
> aluminumbat can cost $300.  
> 
> A couple of years ago there were some experiments with graphite 
> bats, but
> I don't know if they'll ever get approved.  
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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