Thread: Exit Velocity?
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Old 03-22-2019, 01:37 PM   #71
Shake Appeal
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Originally Posted by BIG17EASY View Post
You're right that exit velocity doesn't tell us anything we don't already know.
He's not right.

There is a hell of a difference between saying "it's hot outside; I know because I went outside" and saying "it's 95 degrees Fahrenheit; I measured it under laboratory conditions." And it's crazy to argue otherwise!

Further, exit velocity reliably correlates with outcomes. It is usefully predictive. Believe it or not, high-speed cameras and computers outperform the eye test. By a lot! They catch things we don't, they catch them sooner, and they tell us stories about the future that are worth tens of millions of dollars to baseball franchises.
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