Andrew Brandt
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ESPN.com quoted physics Professor Andrew Brandt about how the Texas Rangers Baseball Club had underestimated the distance of a record-breaking home run by slugger Josh Hamilton. Dr. Brandt used a process based on a complex set of variables to determine that Hamilton’s June 27 homer into the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington’s upper deck traveled about 490 feet rather than the initial estimate of 468 feet.
