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To: Fred McCutcheon who wrote (25992)	12/29/2002 1:30:19 PM
From: lifeisgood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62568

<<Here is another mind bender question. Is it possible for a baseball to travel further backwards after it has been ticked by the bat than it could travel had it not been ticked by the bat?>> Yes. If it ticks off the top of the bat it acquires topspin which gives it added lift in its further flight. Also it has a higher angle of departure from the batting area which increases distance travelled and can more than offset the energy transfer to the bat. I agree with your conclusion but the energy from the ball is not transferred to the bat since it has larger mass than the ball. Instead, the energy from the bat is transferred to the ball giving it both spin and energy and thus, in my view, greater velocity and momentum backwards. I have observed this in pro baseball games when a ticked ball can reach the highest portion of the upper decks behind the batter at distances exceeding that which the pitcher himself could throw the ball. best... LIG