Baseball's Black Hole - Terminal Velocity

[Tim C]

I saw the Myth Busters piece. I also read and watched at least 10 other definitive studies that show gravity does work.

I guess we'll always have people that choose to live in "Myth World"!

I especially like those that try to shout us down by saying we don't work "high enough quality" of baseball to have seen this.

Sad, just sad in a way.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Emperor Ump

Mythbusters busted the "rising baseball" myth in their baseball special a while back.

Originally Posted by Tim C

I saw the Myth Busters piece.

I saw it too. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=A1VClnk3l-k

Forgive the Wikipedia links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBus...ising_Fastball :

Myth statement: A fastball (pitched overhand) can lift itself higher into the air.
Status: Busted

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastball#Rising_fastball :

Such a pitch is known to be physically impossible, due to restrictions of gravity, conservation of momentum, and air density. It has been explained as an optical illusion.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/outd...81.html?page=2

http://www.sie.arizona.edu/sysengr/s...ngFastball.ppt