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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: lifeisgood who wrote (26003)12/29/2002 9:11:43 PM
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Imagine that I'm standing on the Bonneville salt flats: perfectly flat, no obstructions.

If I shoot a bullet from a gun horizontally while simultaneously dropping an identical bullet vertically from the same height as the muzzle of the gun -- assuming for the sake of discussion that the bullet enjoys negligible aerodynamic lift -- the two bullets will strike the ground at the same time. But if something deflects the fired bullet upward without robbing it of too much velocity, it will be aloft longer, and its "hang time" is the single most important determinant of its distance traveled. That's why artillery is pointed above the horizon.

So, of course a foul tip can send a pitch farther than it might go untouched.
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