The Physics of Baseball

Physics is the science of matter and energy and of interactions between the two. Physics can also be defined as the branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies, natural philosophy. The Physics of baseball can be looked at by examining the many different elements of the game, such as: the aerodynamics of the spinning baseball, overall hitting science, the dynamics of the baseball-bat collision, and the peculiar action of the knuckleball.
Over a hundred years ago, Sir Isaac Newton published three laws of motion. …