Baseball Science

[xoxoxoBruce]

The University of Massachusetts is the home to baseball science. They have a fantastic array of equipment to test and certify bats and balls.

New automated air cannon bat durability system with the capability of firing baseballs 50-200 miles per hour every 5 seconds.
Pitching machine in combination with ballistic speed gates to measure the "liveliness" of a baseball.

But be careful, they also dissect balls.

btw, here's an interesting article from Hot Pastrami.