Earlier this week, Juan Uribe of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit the most important and monumental home-run in his career. In order to hit a home-run in Dodger Stadium he needed to hit the ball at-least 330 feet. The speed of the throw from the pitcher combined with the force from the swing of his bat actually projected the ball roughly 360 feet from home-plate, well over the left field wall. Uribe's go ahead home-run gave the Dodgers the lead late, and lead them to the NLCS.
-Matthew Zazzarino
Sports are a great place to discuss physics. If you know the speed of the ball before and after the hit, we could figure out the force he hit it with. Nice job!
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