Models and their limitations -- Flight of the baseball -- Baseball--air resistance -- Spin and the magnus coefficient -- Distance of flight of a batted ball -- Swing of the bat: Model of batting -- Batter reaction time -- Pitching: Pitcher's task -- Curveball -- Knuckleball -- Hop of the fastball -- Pitching with an illegally modified ball -- Pitching in the wind and on high -- Energetics of a thrown ball -- Pitching tactics: High and tight, low and away -- Left-handed and right-handed players -- Batting the ball: Bat-ball collision -- Spin of the batted ball -- Effects on the distance balls are hit -- How far can a ball be hit? -- Number of home runs -- Properties of bats: Optimum bat weight -- Hitting the ball imperfectly -- Aberrant bats: Aluminum bats -- Aberrant bats: Corked bats -- Running, fielding, and throwing: Running -- Judging fly balls -- Fielding ground balls--long and short hops -- Throwing in the infield and outfield -- Index.