The World Series math class

If you were among the many people wasting their time watching the Minnesota Vikings last night, you probably missed this from the World Series game between the Tigers and Giants.

How hard did the ball hit Doug Fister in the head?

Wired.com’s Dot Physics blog did that thing they do with the…

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..and the…

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… and the…

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… and that other thing — oh, what do they call it? — you know, this thing…

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And came up with “hard.”