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* If you're Manny Ramirez, sometimes you don't

January 23, 2010

This TV news piece from FOX asks the scientific question: How does an outfielder catch a fly ball? The three main theories: 1. Trajectory prediction. The fielder perceives the initial conditions of the ball’s motion and compute its trajectory to predict where it will land. 2. Linear acceleration cancellation. The fielder runs so as to […]

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