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What exactly makes baseball baseball depends on who’s doing the defining. To the kids, it’s the stars; to a scholar, the stats; to a Wrigleyville resident, it might be the drunken fans. But to a physicist, the game is something different. At Fermilab tonight, visting scientist Robert Adair will talk about the flight and liveliness of the ball, the collusion of bat and ball, and all sorts of other physical phenomena that affect the game. His qualifications? Currently a physics prof at Yale, Adair actually served as the physicist to the National Baseball League from 1987 to ’89, and he’s even written a book called The Physics of Baseball. His talk starts at 8 tonight at the Ramsey Auditorium of Fermilab’s Wilson Hall, at Batavia Road and Route 59 in Batavia. It’s $3; call 708-840-2787 for details.
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Chicago’s own Eight Bold Souls, the renowned jazz aggregation directed by Edward Wilkerson Jr., is releasing its second album, Sideshow, with a free party and performance tonight at the HotHouse, 1565 N. Milwaukee. The group will play and show videos of tour and TV appearances, all starting at 8:30. They’ll also play the following three Thursdays at the HotHouse, same time, but with an $8 cover. Call 235-2334 for details.
