It's America's Pastime. Since 1869, MLB has been the darling of American sports. To be a true American, one must have a conceptual understanding of baseball; the seventh inning, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", as well as hot dogs and warm summer nights at the ballpark are all favorite memories of America's pastime. However, what one may not realize is the extreme physics behind the game. The speed of the pitch and how much the ball leaves the bat, the exit velocity and the way an outfielder throws are involved in the physics of baseball. It is important to understand the physics involved in baseball to better understand and appreciate the sport. First up, the knuckle ball. This is called the most difficult terrain to reach. A pitch that seems to float like a butterfly and then magically falls into the strike zone, stunning the batter and almost always resulting in a strikeout. But how is this pitch actually launched? The name of the pitch basically implies the way the pitch is thrown, the pitcher curls his fingers in his hand, placing the knuckles of his fingers on the ball and releasing the ball this way and that way. But why does it work? It depends on the position of the laces. By throwing the ball outside the pitcher's knuckles, the ball shows no rotation for the duration of the throw. This allows different lift forces in overhead passes to be exerted on the ball. In doing so, the ball is subjected to different planar motions due to different lift forces manifesting on the thrown baseball. In a simplistic explanation, this is why a punchball "hits" when thrown. Second, there is every fan's favorite part of the game, the ...... middle of paper ...... encourages ball trajectories to act as if they are in a vacuum, and not as if they would act in a place closer to sea level. Finally, another factor that contributes to increasing the distance is the absence of humidity. Due to the lack of humidity in Denver's general climate, this also promotes greater ball travel distance. Much like increasing altitude, less humidity means the air is not as dense, which provides fewer molecules for the ball to hit, thereby reducing drag and increasing distances. Upon further investigation, baseball is much more than just “One, two, three hits you.” “We are out”, there is a whole world of physics that interacts and exerts itself on the game, invisible to the human eye. So the next time we see a batter hit a home run on a fistball at Coors Field in Denver, we'll have a great appreciation for the physics of the game that came into play in this game..