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Originally posted by MrB
If you guys are just happy sling stuff at each other then fine, but here goes

Newton’s First Law – if no net force acts on an object, it maintains it state of rest or its constant speed in a straight line.

Newton’s Second Law – if an unbalance force acts on an object, the object accelerates in the direction of force. The acceleration varies directly with the unbalance forced and inversely with the mass of the object. F = ma

Newton’s Third Law – for every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force.

Inertia – resistance to movement.

Newtons Law of Gravitation: Any object attracts another with a force that is directly proportional to their masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.



All of that stuff just says that a ball throwing at any speed will continue to travel in that direction and at that speed and will do so until it is acted upon by an outside force.
It also states that the largest mass around will have the greatest attractive force on an object.
So in theory the ball will be attracted toward the earth, unless there is an equal force in the opposite direction to balance out the force of gravity "g".

Regardless of anyone's belief system, that is what the science says, right or wrong, that is what it says.

Let's just get back to talking about situations on the field that directly impact us working the game.

I've got audio from Howard Wood aka Smokey Joe Wood.
Reportedly one of the two fastest pitchers of his era, hence the nickname smokey, along with Walter Johnson. He claims he and Walter were the only pitchers of his time to have a "hump" in their fastball. He uses the word hump and also rising in his descriptions.
My bottom line is if the pitcher, catcher and batter all say it rose I'm not arguing. Someone said earlier, and I paraphrase 'if the world is against you, bet on the world'
Well, in the world of fastballs, if the pitcher, catcher and batter all agree it rose and the ump calls strike 3, what else is there?
Newton be damned, life is good!