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Opening Day is right around the corner, so I figured I'd drop a video the length of an Adam McKay comedy about everything you need to know about Major League Baseball, starting at the top with an in-depth explanation on what a hit is, all the way to explaining vertical bat/attack angle.
Correction(s): The "Swing Revolution" should actually be labeled as the "Launch Angle Revolution"
1910 Batting Title Race Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CM6P3-FBKY&t=898s
Track List:
Flamingosis - Long Distance
ChrisLody - Cassette Master
Keep on Pushng Love (Muzak Rendition)
Do It Again (Muzak Rendition)
How Much I feel (Muzak Rendition)
Aso - Ultraviolet
Bonus Points - Hammock Days
GlobulDubs - Waves
Joakim Carud - Canals
Philanthrope - Isolation
Lunar Beats - White Noise
Lee Blackman - Represent
VHS LOGOS - Freq
bbrainza - Vices
Windows96 - Geometry
Minerva Corp - Merges y Acquisitions
Fractal Man - illusions of time
Lights of Neon
Nadaj - Kashmir
Ridge Racer Type 4 Soundtrack - Move Me
j1nabae - issues
j1nabae - trauma
Ronin Blade Soundtrack - Boss Monster Karasu
RiDylan - Balaclava Cloud
Release - Hydrance
Replulsive - Judah's Lullaby
Bodmin Moore - Documentary Music
Silent Hill 4 Soundtrack Promise (Reprise)
Yume 2kki OST - Drains Theater (Theater)
Troglodyte - At the Gates of Eternity
Sources:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31172557/umpire-angel-hernandez-loses-race-discrimination-lawsuit-mlb
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26687472/#:~:text=Results%3A%20Since%201999%2C%20235%20MLB,years%20of%20the%20index%20procedure.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/gabe-lacques/2023/08/31/tommy-john-surgery-mlb-hardest-throwers-shohei-ohtani/70721548007/
https://www.si.com/mlb/yankees/news/mlb-multiple-baseballs-2022-season-impact-new-york-yankees-aaron-judge-home-run-chase
https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/what-is-bobby-bonilla-day-explaining-new-york-mets-ongoing-payout-saga
https://theathletic.com/5231394/2024/01/27/mlb-age-falsification-identity-fraud-dominican-republic/
https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/03/21/evolution-swing-home-run-opening-day?utm_campaign=si-mlb&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_twitter_si
https://en.as.com/mlb/what-is-the-buster-posey-rule-in-mlb-and-how-is-it-applied-n/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/02/13/giants-cheating-home-run-1951/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-woman-who-maybe-struck-out-babe-ruth-and-lou-gehrig-4759182/
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1019336.page
https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/players-who-crossed-picket-line-in-1995
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/17/st-louis-cardinals-espionage-claims-us-sports-dark-arts-go-back-100-years
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2011/4/18/2095444/baseballs-greatest-scandals-steinbrenner-winfield
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jim-piersall/
https://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kreidler_mark&id=2225013
https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/mlb-s-exemption-rate-for-adhd-drugs-highly-suspicious/article_6dbf1e91-73b5-51a3-a3bc-e3210c393895.html#:~:text=Nearly%20one%20in%2010%20Major,high%20as%20the%20general%20population.
https://treadathletics.com/arm-slot-differences/
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/lets-check-in-on-dustin-fowlers-lawsuit-against-the-white-sox/
http://web.archive.org/web/20110524052605/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/hideki_matsui.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/did-fidel-castro-nearly-have-a-career-in-professional-baseball-180833738.html
https://stlpinchhits.com/cardinals/the-night-it-rained-seat-cushions-at-busch-stadium/article_f50c9142-452e-5df1-b987-cfbb6a76fa62.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/did-fidel-castro-nearly-have-a-career-in-professional-baseball-180833738.html
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-real-bosox-curse-was-racism-not-the-bambino/
Ballpark Dimmension Graphics provided by Clem's Baseball Blog
http://www.andrewclem.com/
Video Chapters
Intro 0:00
Layer 1 2:21
Layer 2 13:51
Layer 3 28:12
Layer 4 42:44
Layer 5 1:00:12
Layer 6 1:14:20
Layer 7 1:25:41