This was a cool book to read to learn more about the background of how to min max a baseball bat swing. I am trying to get into baseball more because my fiance is an avid fan and I do enjoy going to the games, but I was curious about what made a hit better than another, a pitch harder to track than a different type of pitcher throw. 

Although my copy of this book was barely 100 pages long, it still felt very long to read. This was expected since the first bit of the book talks about how it is a formal physics paper but put into book format. I did find that it helped to give me a better idea of how this game ticks. It seems to be that there is a plethora of variables that factor into how a player can maximize ball hit distance and direction. Some of these factors include temperature outside, temperature of the ball, type of wood used in the bat, length of the bat, where the player holds the bat (i.e. choke), altitude of the stadium, and more. I did find this book to be very informative, however it is incredibly dry (though has some good bits of humor sprinkled in since it is a passion project). Would recommend to any baseball fan that also has an interest in physics.