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Does a baseball curve?
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Yes.
Curveball Aerodynamics
High pressure is produced on the side of the ball spinning towards the batter. Low pressure is produce on the side spinning away from the batter. The difference in pressure produces aerodynamic lift and changes the flight of the ball compared to the same pitch in a vacuum.
As an experiment, it is really easy to reproduce the effect using a party balloon. Hit the balloon in such a way that it imparts spin and velocity, and notice that you can control the direction that the balloon curves by controlling the spin.
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Of course. Just look at one; it curves all the way around until it meets up with where it began.
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Goofing around in school way back when, I was surprised to find that by sort of underhand rolling a pencil off your fingers as you throw it across the room, it would get enough spin to curve quite dramatically.
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Indeed. Golf is another sport where you can produce quite dramatic curvature on a shot depending on the direction of spin.
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Tennis is another. The difference between heavy topsin and slice spin is quite dramatic dramatic.
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Wiffle Balls were my favorite as a kid.
You could make those suckers do wild stuff with the right flick of the wrist.
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I never got the hang of it in my engineering classes, but my son did a science experiment on this several years back in middle school. What he came up with was very impressive ... but since he's my son I might be a bit biased.
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No, a baseball doesn't DO anything. It is merely the passive recipient of forces thst act on it.
This baseball might disagree with you.
Vector of a Screaming Fast Cartoon Baseball Mascot with Red Hot Flames Trailing Behind by Chromaco - #1962
In fact, I believe it once threatened to eat the FSM.
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No, a baseball doesn't DO anything. It is merely the passive recipient of forces thst act on it.
Nope.
A pitched ball with the right spin, does indeed move and that has been proven with studies. To the batter and pitcher, the balls is perceived to have moved more than it did, but it most definitely moves.
If you have ever golfed and sliced a ball off the tee that curves right, it is the same principle.
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No, a baseball doesn't DO anything. It is merely the passive recipient of forces thst act on it.
That does sound like it describes the knuckleball though. (RIP.)
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