If you have listened to Bubba Carpenter on Arkansas baseball radio broadcasts, the jargon of the game is front and center.
Velocity is simply “velo” with Carpenter. Exit speed off the bat is mentioned on every hard hit.
You may hear talk about launch angle pop up now and then.
But when Carpenter phoned out of the blue on a Sunday night after the Razorbacks had completed another sweep, the former Arkansas baseball star had a new “launch” to dissect.
In typical Carpenter style, there was something new and analytical to bubble about on the other end of the phone line.