Head over to The Physics of Baseball, where Dr. Nathan has posted some recent published and un-published work. I'll try and digest it, but, that will be over fast.
The Effect of Spin on the Flight of a Baseball...This topic has relevance for the break of a curveball, the hop of a fastball, and the flight of a long fly ball.
The effect of spin-down on the flight of a baseball. (new January 22, 2008): A brief unpublished essay in which an estimate is made of the rate of spin decay of a baseball in flight and the effect of the spin decay on the flight of a baseball.
This work is important to improving and making sense of the data from PITCHf/x. It's not just Alan's efforts, but Josh Kalk and Mike Fast and many others make contributions to the understanding of PITCHf/x. Me, I just blog a little about Brian Roberts.
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