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Nov 19, 2008

The pitcher's mound and dynamics (posted for rvanklom)

Click here to see an explanation provided by Ryan for having a pitcher's mound in baseball. 

What do you think -- is this the reason for the mound?



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gbaker said...

I am gonna buy it. It seems correct. Just like you can throw a ball down an entire hill farther... Should make for a good talk one day about sports with non-engineers. I'll be saving this pdf.

Garrett

November 23, 2008 at 2:40 PM
cahoran said...

That is very interesting. From a baseball players perspective, I always felt I had more movement on my curveball when throwing off of a mound compared to throwing off of flat ground. I don't know if it is psychological, or physics. Since a curveball is thrown at slower speed, with a different spin on the ball, would there be an advantage to a mound vs no mound? The only explanation that I can think of is that when on a mound you are throwing the ball at more of a downward angle in the first place, and add the break of a curveball, for example, and you would have an even steeper downwad trajectory on the ball (as compared to flat ground). Any other opinions?

November 24, 2008 at 2:25 AM

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