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The Results Are In: Keeping Your Eyes On the Ball Is Essential

For the last 50 years scientists have conducted numerous studies to understand how baseball players can run, track and catch a fly ball. Many of those studies settle on an explanation that more or less stipulates what every coach will tell you: “Keep your eye on the ball.” Without visual contact of the ball, a […]

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The Evolutionary Science of Tommy John Surgery and the Current Epidemic

Last Friday, one of Major League Baseball’s most talented and marketable young stars was lost for the season when the Marlins’ Jose Fernandez went under the knife to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL); aka Tommy John surgery. Fernandez just might be the best young pitcher in baseball (Clayton Kershaw fans would probably disagree) […]

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MLB or Science: Who’s to Blame for the Steroid Era?

In the sports world, no punctuation mark is as dreaded as the asterisk. Asterisks never appear in a stats column for anything good. Thanks to performance-enhancing drug (PED) usage by high-profile players like Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez and Jose Canseco, the last few decades have become Major League Baseball’s “asterisk era.” Baseball is not alone […]

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Does Science Prove Medical Marijuana Is a Good Fit for the NFL?

For many years, it has been debated whether or not medicinal marijuana has medical benefits. This widely used street drug has been studied for decades by various doctors and scientists. Despite the many research projects on marijuana, the United States government lists the plant as a Schedule I controlled substance. Today, Colorado and Washington have […]

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