The fastest pitched baseball was clocked at 47 m/sec. If the pitcher exerted his force (assumed to be horizontal and constant) over a distance of 1.0m, and a baseball has a mass of 145 grams, a) Draw a free-body diagram of the ball during the pitch. b) What force did the pitcher exert on the ball during this record-setting pitch? c) Estimate the force in part b as a fraction of the pitcher’s weight. You will have to make a reasonable guess at the mass of a baseball pitcher.

The fastest pitched baseball was clocked at 47 m/sec. If the pitcher exerted his force (assumed to be horizontal and constant) over a distance of 1.0m, and a baseball has a mass of 145 grams, a) Draw a free-body diagram of the ball during the pitch. b) What force did the pitcher exert on the ball during this record-setting pitch? c) Estimate the force in part b as a fraction of the pitcher’s weight. You will have to make a reasonable guess at the mass of a baseball pitcher.