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Physics of Baseball - Papers by Alan Nathan Dynamics of the Baseball-Bat Collision, Alan M. Nathan, American Journal of Physics 68, 979-990 (2000). The moment of impactCourtesy, Champaign News-GazetteThis paper develops a dynamic model for wooden bats, taking into account their vibrational properties. The model is then used to describe the collision between bat and ball.

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