ch. 1. Game of baseball: a little history -- ch. 2. Flight of the ball: do curve balls curve? -- ch. 3. Origin of forces on a baseball -- ch. 4. Flight of the ball: forces on curve balls and other pitches -- ch. 5. Bat meets ball: collisions -- ch. 6. Flight of the ball: the kinetics of fly balls -- ch. 7. Baseball players cannot keep their eyes on the ball -- ch. 8. Physiological predictors of batting performance -- ch. 9. Baseball batting statistics: were yesterday's player better?