Baseball Physics, with Bill Nye

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🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Bats, gloves, home runs, and… physics? Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the physics of baseball with Bill Nye the Science Guy, co-host Gary O’Reilly, and DJ Price, assistant coach at Barry University.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk Sports Edition.
0:18.0	And for this installment, we're going to talk about the physics of baseball.
0:25.0	Physics of baseball. You probably don't often see those two words in the same place.
0:29.0	Now, I know a little bit about physics, but I don't know as much about the physics of baseball as my good friend Bill Nye,
0:38.0	special guest today Bill.
0:40.0	Uh, Neil.
0:41.0	Greetings.
0:42.0	Welcome to Star Talk Sports Edition.
0:44.0	And I got my co-host Gary O'Reilly.
0:46.0	Gary?
0:47.0	I knew.
0:48.0	Not to mention the top liver. Sorry I had to introduce.
0:50.0	No, no, no, Bill takes priority. I'm going to that.
0:53.0	And where did you send Chuck today? Did you banish him somewhere?
0:56.0	No, we haven't banished Chuck. Chuck has found gainful employment.
1:00.0	Oh, wow.
1:01.0	Okay.
1:02.0	He's a comedian. He's got to tell jokes when he can do anything, man.
1:05.0	And good luck to him, especially during COVID.
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