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A Study of the Barrel Constructions of Baseball Bats (June 9, 2003)

Posted 9:34 a.m., June 10, 2003 (#4) - David Shapiro
Chris, you haven't accounted for the fact that the ball's velocity is not purely horizontal, and that (setting aside drag) its time in the air is a square function based on acceleration due to gravity. So in fact the distance increase will be less than 1% on a bat speed increase of 1%. I really don't think there would be any appreciable effect, even before accounting for the fact that decreased weight would reduce momentum, offsetting at least in part, increased momentum associated with increased velocity.

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