| Baseball -Last updated May 13, 1997 |
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Adair, Robert K. The Physics of Baseball. New York: Harper and Row,
1990. |
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Flatow, Ira. Rainbows, Curveballs, and Other Wonders of the Natural World
Explained. New York: Harper and Row, 1989. |
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Kindall, Jerry; Ed. Science of Coaching Baseball. [Science of Coaching
Series] Champaign : Human Kinetics Publishers, 1992. |
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Kluger, Jeffrey. "What's Behind the Home Run Boom?" Discover,
April 1988, pp. 78-79. |
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Schlossberg, Dan. The Baseball Catalog. New York: Jonathan David
Publishers, 1989. |
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Watts, Robert G. and A. Terry Bahill. Keep Your Eye on the Ball: The
Science and Folklore of Baseball. New York: W. H. Freeman and Co., 1990. |
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Williams, Ted, and John Underwood. The Science of Hitting. New York
: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1986. |
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--. "The Way the Baseball Bounces." Science News, February
24, 1990, pp. 127. |
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Blanding, Sharon, and John Monteleone. "Baseball: What Makes a Knuckleball
Flutter Like a Butterfly and a Curveball Curve?" [Chapter 9 of:] What
Makes a Boomerang Come Back: How Things in Sports Work. Ann Arbor :
Borders Press, 1992, pp. 1-17. |
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Fleisig, G. S. , et al. "Biomechanics of Overhand Throwing with Implications
for Injuries." Sports Medicine, v21 n6, June 1, 1996, pp. 421. |
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Hall, Stephen S. "Baseball's Dirty Tricks." [Chapter in:] Newton
at the Bat: The Science in Sports. Ed. by Allman, William F., and Eric
W. Schrier. Ann Arbor: Books on Demand, 1994, pp.20-24. |
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"Can You Help the Mets by Watching on TV?" Science, May
19, 1989, p. 773. |
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"Crack the Case of the Home Run Records. " Current Science,
v80 n3, October 7, 1994. pp. 12+ |
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"Dimpled Bat." Current Science, v80 n1, September 9, 1994,
p. 15. |
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"High Tech Up at Bat." Popular Science, v240 n5, May 1992. |
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"How Baseball Outfielders Determine Where to Run to Catch Fly Balls."
Science, v268, n5210, April 28, 1995, p. 569. |
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"The Latest Slant on Batting." Sports III, v74 n23, June 17, 1991,
p. |
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"Major League Mystery." [baseball construction] Science World,
v51 n1, September 2, 1994, p. 12. |
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Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. Rawlings: The Professional Baseball. [Series
of company documents on baseball design.] Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. ,
P.O. Box 22000, Saint Louis, MO 63126. |
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Lesson Plans & Experiments
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SportsScience. Better Baseball Through Science: Learn How to Hit a Home
Run and Other Baseball Skills by Using Scientific Principles. [9 Activities
/ Experiments] Science Media Inc. P.O. Box 9171, Cambridge, MA 02139. |
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