Re: [Phys-l] Baseball

[Scott Goelzer <s.goelzer@comcast.net>]

It is considered important to hide one's grip on the ball from the  
batter.
Knowing the grip on the ball could give the batter foreknowledge of  
the pitch to come.
My batting skills were never so good.


Scott





On Oct 20, 2006, at 1:15 PM, JMGreen wrote:

> At 07:39 AM 10/20/2006, you wrote:
> > Squinting can make the image sharper (clearer).  For a near sighted
> > person it helps because it increases the depth of field(in focus
> > distances)
>
> OK, squinting seems reasonable, but why do some pitchers bend over
> with the ball behind their back/butt  --  This seems so goofy -- Of
> course the whole game seems goofy to me -- Which is worse, baseball  
> or golf?
>
> Jim
>
>
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