Infographic: The Science of the Baseball Swing
Posted: August 26, 2015 Filed under: Baseball 101 | Tags: Baseball, infographics, John Blanchard, Major League Baseball Leave a commentHow hard is it, really, to hit a Major League fastball? This infographic by John Blanchard breaks it down for us. It takes a mere four-tenths of a second for a 90-mph fastball to reach home plate, and in that time, a batter has to make a decision on whether to swing and how to swing.
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