Major League Physics
Dedicated to the learning and teaching of physics through baseball.

In-Game Videos

• 2012 World Series: Crawford's Bunt
  Conservation of Momentum
• 2012 World Series: Belt's Homer
  Conservation of Momentum
• 2013 World Series: Lance Lynn's Arm
  Newton's Third Law
• 2013 World Series: Clay Buchholz's Curve
  The Magnus Force
• 2019 ALDS: Aaron Judge's Foul Ball
  Bat Vibtrations
• 2109 World Series: George Springer's Homer
  The Sweet Spot
• 2012 NLCS: Marco Scutaro's Broken Bat
  Waves on the Bat
• 2012 NLCS: Hunter Pence's Broken Bat
  Triple Hit
• 2013 World Series: Yadier Molina's Hit
  Compression of the Ball
• 2011 World Series: Albert Pujos's Ground Out
  Infrared Camera View
• 2016 Brandon Phillips' Broken Bat
  Energy Used Up to Break the Bat
• 2012 Todd Frazier's No Hands Homer
  Grip Doesn't Matter
• Torques During the Ball-Bat Collision
  Newton's Third Law for Rotations
• Spin Changes the Direction of a Swinging Bunt
  Forces Determine Motion Even For a Grounder.

2019 ALDS
Judge's Foul

The ball causes the bat to vibrate like your thumb plucking a string. Judge gets a "hand full of bumble bees" as the wave travels up the bat. Notice his hands come off the bat just after the collision.

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