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The Development Of A Composite Additive To Increase Safety And Performance Of Wooden Baseball Bats, Cj Worley
The Development Of A Composite Additive To Increase Safety And Performance Of Wooden Baseball Bats, Cj Worley
Honors Theses
Many youth baseball leagues are in the process of doing away with metal bats and using solely wood bats. They claim the game will be safer since ball exit velocities off of wood bats are lower than that of their metal counterparts; however, they are overlooking the fact that wood bats shatter causing new safety concerns that are not experienced with metal. It was the goal of this project to develop and test new additive materials to coat wood baseball bats in order to improve strength without decreasing performance. Polyurethane sealant, carbon fiber fabric, and duct tape were chosen to …
Money Puck: The Effectiveness Of Statistical Analysis In Building An Nhl Team, Troy Grosenick
Money Puck: The Effectiveness Of Statistical Analysis In Building An Nhl Team, Troy Grosenick
Honors Theses
The 2013 Collective Bargaining Agreement in the National Hockey League limits contracts offered to free agents in terms of length and variance in yearly salary. These changes have made finding undervalued free agents even more important to teams’ general managers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate players and teams with both traditional and advanced metrics to determine how players are valued in comparison to their impact on their team’s performance. A team’s winning percentage is hypothesized to be a function of shooting percentage and save percentage, as well as proxies for puck possession time, such as shots on …