Baseball
Pitching for Precision on the Mound and In the Lab
Honors College
IN A FLASH: Eye on the Ball
°µÍø½ûÇø baseball held walk-on tryouts for student players last week.
°µÍø½ûÇø Today
°µÍø½ûÇø Chemist Follows up on Baseball Core Study, Refuting MLB Findings.
In 1901, the 16 Major League Baseball teams produced 455 home runs. Players were discouraged from attempting it. Nearly 120 years later, players couldn’t seem to help themselves, and MLB smashed all previous records. More homers might mean more exciting games, but some people question why the spike happened. A °µÍø½ûÇø chemist thinks he has some clues about this unusual surge in home runs.
Division of Research & Economic Development
°µÍø½ûÇø Chemists Reveal Changes in the Density and Chemical Composition of Major League Baseballs
College of Arts & Sciences