Posted by: The Hitting Guru () on Fri Sep 29 12:39:57 2006

> > BHL – Again I find you are missing on several fronts with respect to PFO. To start, let’s evaluate a primary function of the swing – Energy. True energy, or perhaps transfer of true energy is one of the most important concepts in all physics and in other sciences where it can be defined in a traditional way, although not collectively correct, as "the capacity of doing work". Work in the truest definition, reduced to our topic heading of the baseball swing, can be from either side of the plate aimed or geared to either of the three fields…do you agree or disagree at this point – BHL? Moving forward, this simple definition is not very precise/valid for all kinds of energy, like energy associated with BHL heating up his dinner, but it is fairly correct for the mechanical energy as described in the baseball swing. Let me explain in simple BHL terms so you can understand. Action of a force that moves or displaces over a certain distance is defined as: "the product of the magnitude of displacement with the component of the force parallel to the displacement". Let me provide clarity BHL in the form of an equation: where 'W' denotes work, 'f' is the component of the force parallel to the net displacement d. In a more general form it is written as W=FdcosO , where F is the magnitude of the constant force, d the object displacement and 'O' the angle between the force and the net displacement. Remember BHL…that FcosO is precisely the F component parallel to d. Work is of course measured in Newton meters, unity that receives the name Joule (J). 1 J = 1 Nm. Using the BHL (black hole) rational of inserting other dynamic examples into the conventional baseball swing (place-kicker) let's use an exercise that translates kinetic and potential energy. Suppose A 40 kg bat (softball) is dragged 30 m on a horizontal infield (or football field), applying a Fp = 100 N exerted by said BHL. Such force acts doing a 60º angle. The field exerts a friction force Fr = 20 N. BHL…calculate the work done for each one of these forces Fp, Fr, the weight mg and the normal. Then calculate the net work done on the bat. The net result will be or can be evaluated…once converted from a drag concept or a place-kicking concept to a baseball hitting concept simply as: A well hit baseball travels equally over any of the three field fences. That is my point.
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> > Jeff M – baseball player, physicist, and new lead-chair in the anti-BHL council on “see the ball, hit the ball & run...and then be happy you're on base”
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> Hi Jeff M.,
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> I agree with your explanation of physics, although I believe that you systematically preclude the geometric advantages of pulling every pitch. Remember, all one really needs to do to accomplish this feat is to crowd the plate, as sbl suggested (a Batspeed poster once opined), in order to make outside pitches seem like inside pitches. Of course, this demands that the hitter know how to hit all inside pitches. This argument makes perfect geometric sense; unfortunately, antiquaries do not have the imagination to fathom this possibility. After all, pulling the ball 340 feet to left affords the hitter a better possibility for a home run than hitting the same distance to center.
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> I welcome your rivalry, Jeff M., just as you keep things civil. (I do not sarcasm, so long as it based on my idea, and not my character.)
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> As a doctoral student and article-writer, I will now head the Erudition Council on Black Holes, which seeks to defend PFO against archaic systems that justify their point by considering only a specific set of circumstances.
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> If you wish, though, you can mock my physics, and just enjoy my pure creativity, which ought to be worshipped.
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> BHL
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BHL Case Study- The career of Tony Bautista (a player who tried to pull just about every pitch). (Source Baseball Reference)

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Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
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1996 22 OAK AL 74 238 38 71 10 2 6 25 7 3 19 49 .298 .350 .433 103 0 2 0 1 2 RoY-7
1997 23 OAK AL 68 188 22 38 10 1 4 18 2 2 14 31 .202 .265 .330 62 3 0 0 2 8
1998 24 ARI NL 106 293 46 80 16 1 18 41 1 1 18 52 .273 .318 .519 152 0 4 0 3 7
1999 25 TOT 142 519 77 144 30 1 31 100 4 0 38 96 .277 .330 .518 269 3 7 4 6 12
ARI NL 44 144 16 37 5 0 5 21 2 0 16 17 .257 .335 .396 57 0 2 3 2 1
TOR AL 98 375 61 107 25 1 26 79 2 0 22 79 .285 .328 .565 212 3 5 1 4 11
2000 26 TOR AL 154 620 96 163 32 2 41 114 5 4 35 121 .263 .307 .519 322 0 3 1 6 15 AS
2001 27 TOT AL 156 579 70 138 27 6 25 87 5 2 32 113 .238 .280 .435 252 0 7 2 4 9
TOR AL 72 271 29 56 11 1 13 45 0 1 13 66 .207 .251 .399 108 0 3 1 4 2
BAL AL 84 308 41 82 16 5 12 42 5 1 19 47 .266 .305 .468 144 0 4 1 0 7
2002 28 BAL AL 161 615 90 150 36 1 31 87 5 4 50 107 .244 .309 .457 281 0 6 9 11 13 AS
2003 29 BAL AL 161 631 76 148 20 1 26 99 4 3 28 102 .235 .270 .393 248 0 6 4 5 20
2004 30 MON NL 157 606 76 146 30 2 32 110 14 6 26 78 .241 .272 .455 276 4 10 4 4 14
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9 Seasons 1179 4289 591 1078 211 17 214 681 47 25 260 749 .251 .298 .458 1965 10 45 24 42 100
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162 Game Avg 589 81 148 29 2 29 94 6 3 36 103 .251 .298 .458 270 1 6 3 6 14
Career High 161 631 96 163 36 6 41 114 14 6 50 121 .298 .350 .519 322 4 10 9 11 20

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