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Old Thu Jun 28, 2007, 03:30pm
mick mick is offline
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Originally Posted by Mark Dexter
You might want to check your calculations, Mick. I'm guessing the 386' distance is as the crow flies. Since most homeruns will travel in a parabolic arc, the ball actually travelled further than 386 feet and was going faster than 75.2 MPH.

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Good call, but then it bounced.
My calculations were correct. Just weren't enough of them.
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