Put the MYTH to REST
Final PROOF; GRAVITY is not my HERO
100 mph = 146.6666666667 ft/sec
A 100 mph fastball reaches the plate 57 feet away in 0.3886 seconds.
A 100 mph fastball reaches the plate 60 feet away in 0.4091 seconds.
Let's not argue about the release point and compromise that the distance is covered in .4000 seconds.
A pitcher releases the pitch just over 7 feet towards the strike zone at 3 feet, a four foot drop.
This path can be represented by a simple linear equation, y = - 10 X + 7.
AT X = 0, Y = 7 and at X = 0.4000, Y = 3
Now consider the parbolic flightpath of a baseball with NEUTRAL/ZERO lift falling through gravitaional influences alone.
y = - 16 X squared + 7
AT X = 0, Y = 7 and at X = 0.4000, Y = 4.44
Did you read/see that? The difference in height after 0.4000 seconds is 1.44 feet lower than one following the natural laws of gravitation.
If the pitcher wants to release a 100 mph pitch into the strike zone, he must supply a downward FORCE to account for an additional 1.44 foot drop. He simply does this with a snap of the wrist in a DOWNWARD release angle.
And still you believe a 100 mph baseball cannot RISE.
ONCE AGAIN, I have provided you with physical, mathematical, psychological and SEXUAL PROOF. Yes SEXUAL, because after every math and physics proofs I have posted, I really love knowing which of YOU are full of HOT AIR.
PEACE
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