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Sticky baseballs: Explaining the physics of the latest scandal in Major League Baseball

  • Written by John Eric Goff, Professor of Physics, University of Lynchburg
Sticky baseballs: Explaining the physics of the latest scandal in Major League BaseballIt used to be spit balls, but now sticky baseballs are giving pitchers an advantage.Tage Olsin, CC BY-SA

Cheating in baseball is as old as the game itself, and pitchers’ modifying the ball’s surface is part of that long history. Adding to the lore of cheating is a new scandal involving pitchers who may be applying sticky substances...

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