Baseball Science

Science Talk

Scientific American

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2007

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In this episode, former big league pitcher Dr. Dave Baldwin talks about his run-in with Ted Williams, his life in science, the physics of the gyroball versus the slider, and how he finally made it to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Plus we'll test your knowledge about some baseball science. Websites mentioned on this episode include http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/chance_news/recent_news/chance_news_13.04.html; http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=3486; http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/42392 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting April 4th.
0:39.7	I'm Steve Merski.
0:41.1	And I hope you like baseball, which returned this week, because that's what we'll be talking about today, with a science angle, of course.
0:48.1	And if you don't like baseball, I weep for you.
0:51.3	We'll talk to a former Major League pitcher.
0:53.0	We'll also talk with an artist whose work hangs in one of the world's great museums,
0:56.3	and we'll chat with a geneticist who has also done research into the physics of baseball.
1:00.9	And the really interesting thing is they're all the same guy, Renaissance man Dave Baldwin.
1:05.9	Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some baseball-related science.
1:09.1	Leading off, Dave Baldwin, in
1:10.9	1967, he appeared in 58 games with the Washington
1:14.0	Senators, today's Texas Rangers, and posted
1:16.7	a very tidy 1.70 ERA.
1:20.7	He shagged flies, fruit flies, that is,
1:22.9	in the off-seasons, and eventually
1:24.5	got a doctorate. I called Baldwin at his
1:26.9	home in Yachts, Oregon.
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