I was going through some old photos when i noticed that baseball has a lot to do physics if the pitcher's mound is the origin then
the distance and displacement of a ball after it is pitched are different. If the pitch is swung on and missed, the catcher will throw it back to the pitcher and the displacement will be 0 feet. However, the distance will not be 0 feet because the distance between the pitcher and home plate is 35 feet so the total distance would be around 70 feet. If the batter hits the ball past the pitcher's mound the displacement would be negative but eventually the players would throw the ball back to the pitcher so at the end of a play when the ball is thrown back to the pitcher the displacement is always 0, while the distance varies.
i think thats a homerun hit. haha
ReplyDeleteErin, sorry, I take my other comment back. Little Charles Yoon is DEF the bigger beast (:
ReplyDeleteyes this was a homerun. thats why i kept this picture
ReplyDeleteCharles you played baseball? dang multi sport beast, but ya i agree it is pretty cool how the displacement of the ball going from the pitcher to the catcher then back to the pitcher is 0
ReplyDeleteInteresting thoughts Charles. Sounds familiar to my own blog post but I liked how you talked about the difference between displacement and distance in regards to the pitcher. Nice hit btw.
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