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Much of the velocity on a home run comes from the pitch (equal and opposite reaction) rather than the bat speed. So it’s not that easy to hit a home run on a 50
by throwawaytemp27 4y ago
Much of the velocity on a home run comes from the pitch (equal and opposite reaction) rather than the bat speed. So it’s not that easy to hit a home run on a 50 mph pitch.
- kdmccormick 4y agoOkay, true. But it should be pretty easy to make contact, at least.
- llbeansandrice 4y agoThis is so incredibly false. They're not throwing +80mph pitches at the MLB home run derby. Batting practice pitches are about 60mph.
- baseballfan 4y agoYou are very incorrect: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/18222/how-does-the-speed-of-an-incoming-pitch-affect-the-speed-of-a-baseball-after-it https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/18222/how-does-t... Incoming speed makes significant difference to exit velocity. If you were going for max distance, you would want 100 mph pitches. In home run derby, they are optimizing for ability to get a good repeatable swing with enough power to go over the fence. If they were playing in a park with like 440 ft fence, they would need faster pitches.
- idontpost 4y agoConservation of momentum says otherwise -- the faster the ball is going, the more change in momentum it needs, the harder it needs to be hit.
- hota_mazi 4y agoThat's actually not true. The distance the ball flies has a lot more to do with bat speed than ball speed (something like 5mph for 1mph, if I recall correctly).