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Torpedo Bats and the Physics of the Sweet Spot
Baseball season just started, and everyone’s talking about these crazy new bats. Will they change the game?
And per Newton, the forces are equal and opposite, keeping the total momentum of the ball-bat system constant. (I know, my setup for this thought experiment would make for a pretty lame spectator sport, but stay with me—it’ll help us understand what happens at the sweet spot). But in recent years, pitching has gotten so much better that there are fewer hits in a game, which is bad for TV viewership.
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