The New York Mets will undoubtedly spend the next few months wallowing in defeat as they recover from a disappointing World Series, in which they fell to the Kansas City Royals four games to one. As ...
BILL QUANECIA. ALL RIGHT, BILL, THANK YOU. AS FANS GEAR UP TO WATCH SOME BASEBALL THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS, NOT FAR FROM THE FIELD, THE LUMINARIUM IS BREAKING DOWN THE SCIENCE OF THE SPORT. THEY’RE ...
Ever thought of the ideal angle to pitch a baseball? The aerodynamics of a curveball? The dizzying amount of math and science that goes into designing a bat? The mechanics of a perfect hit? Bronson ...
College basketball’s March Madness concluded this week, meaning that now the national sports attention can turn fully to baseball. The next time you’re at the ballpark—whether you’re devoted enough to ...
Behind the emotion, sweat and muscle of baseball lies a game dictated by the immutable laws of physics. Baseball fans often miss this scientific layer, as everyday baseball jargon undervalues the ...
Don’t even play: you’re not doing anything the weekend of August 16-17th and odds favor you either being in Boston, Massachusetts or being close to an airport that can put you there. And, if you’re ...
Over the past decade, the Tampa Bay Rays have been one of the best organizations in Major League Baseball. The Rays' front off heavily utilizes analytics and the “science of baseball” to gain a ...
Tech head coach Tim Tadlock turned to Major League Baseball experience for answers. The Red Raiders hired Colorado Rockies ...
About 70 high school students learned about the relevance of science and engineering principles to the game of baseball during a recent Inside Sports program at the University of New Orleans. The ...
I recognized the book Ricardo Valerdi parked on his office table Wednesday. I first read "The Physics of Baseball" in seventh grade. It was written by Robert K. Adair for his friend Bart Giamatti, the ...
The Savannah Bananas face off against The Party Animals before a sold-out crowd at Nissan Stadium in Nashville this weekend. Party Animals player Bronson Balholm spent time teaching Nashville ...