THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Physics of baseball in the rain

I saw the Yankee highlights, and all the HR hit in the rain.  At first I thought it would be extremely hard to hit HR in the rain.  But then I thought it would be hard to pitch in the rain too.

I’d be interested to hear from the physicists and those who have played in the rain on the matter.  What happens to a pitched ball, to a hit ball.  What happens to the grip, to the plane of the swing.

I’d also be interested to hear how PITCHf/x responds to rain, and how accurate the trajectory estimates are.

Thanks for teaching…