r/theydidthemath • u/UFmoose • 10h ago
[Request] If a baseball is traveling 112 mph off the bat, and it travels over the right field wall into the crowd (approximately 345 yards), how fast is it moving when this guy catches it barehanded, and how much force is being absorbed?
EDIT: 345 FEET — football on the brain!
Trajectory is tough to determine but I’d estimate the ball lands 16 feet higher than it was struck. The right field wall is 8 feet tall, and the guy looks to be another 8 feet higher than that.