Could baseball players learn more from physics class than spring training?
It’s the final game of the Major League Baseball World Series. An acclaimed pop star sings the national anthem and, finally, the players saunter out onto the field. The assembled fans cheer wildly when they glimpse their favorite players: star pitcher Nima Arkani-Hamed, home run king Edward Witten and, of course, head coach Stephen Hawking. Will Witten finally eclipse Albert Einstein’s record of most career hits? Only time will tell. If you’re missing baseball cards for these individuals, don’t fret. There’s no need to adjust your fantasy baseball league stats just yet. They’re all gifted physicists, yet despite their understanding of the properties involved with the sport, no Major League Baseball team has ever drafted them. Film and literature contain countless examples of gifted minds applying pure science to a given scenario in order to come out on top. Androids and aliens crunch a few numbers to dominate
