Thread: Exit Velocity?
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Old 03-22-2019, 12:43 PM   #73
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Originally Posted by Shake Appeal View Post
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.
You're splitting hairs. It tells us things more precisely. But it doesn't turn an apple into an orange.
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