Congratulations to Erik Svetin

Here’s a young man with a promising future. Erik Svetin, the son of one of my former colleagues, is an entering freshman at Molokai High School, and was named Hawaii merit winner in the 2013 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge.

His science project examined how a baseball would perform if it had an extra row of stitches in it. Check out the video that he made:

I’m not sure Major League Baseball is ready for this super-action alteration to their baseballs, but you have to admire Erik’s curiosity and reporting skills. Plus, as a sports fan, he’s looking at doing more research and development like this – new bat, new helmet, new catcher’s gear.

You go, Erik!