Baseball has become a science project. Every swing comes with its data: launch angle, exit velocity, spray charts, heat maps. Isaac Newton would’ve loved the modern game, where momentum is explained in equations and hitters are measured in decimals. Physics says the harder you hit it, the farther it goes. But in the case of New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor, his momentum didn’t come from a blast; it came from a bunt.
That’s where the numbers stop adding up. A ball that dribbled no farther than a few paces from the plate somehow jump-started a player who looked stuck in neutral.