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Originally posted by brushout:
As usual here, a lot of useless chatter and nothing even remotely related to the issue at hand.


My apologies. As far as distance is concerned, no. You shouldn't have to subtract because the ball is still moving at a about the same speed the whole way through the pitch, and that includes while it's in his hand.

Can you sort of understand the way I see it? Even though it hasn't left the pitchers hand, he is still applying the acceleration necessary to get the ball to the plate.

It's not like the ball is initially beginning to accelerate at 50 feet. It's still accelerating at 60'6", it's just that the ball is coupled with his hand/arm that is supplying the acceleration.
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