Evaluating the Pitch | College of Engineering

Authors

Utah State University, USU College of Engineering

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Description

Mechanical engineering Professor Barton Smith is best known for two signature characteristics: he’s a baseball fan; and he’s skeptical when someone claims to know something with absolute certainty. His Twitter handle, after all, is @NotRealCertain. Smith’s reluctance to embrace what others consider final truth makes him an ideal candidate to study one of the most perplexing questions in sports science. It’s one that has captivated fans and conspiracy theorists for months: What’s behind the increase in home runs in pro baseball?

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

10-4-2019

City

Logan, UT

Keywords

College of Engineering, Baseball, Drag, Aerodynamics

Disciplines

Engineering

Recommended Citation

Utah State University, "Evaluating the Pitch | College of Engineering" (2019). College of Engineering News. 357.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/engineering_news/357