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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
You've take one small quote out of Adair's works and misrepresented it. I've read the studies done by Dr. Adair. The quote you've so eloquently chosen to use addresses the unpredictability of lateral and downward movement of a thrown baseball. Had you read all of his study you would have seen that he concluded himself that a rising fastball was an impossibility.
Tim.
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No, I'm very aware that he thought a ball cannot rise.
My point is that he admits the baseball is unpredictable and the equations cannot or at least have not been solved.
If the equations are not solved and the ball is unpredictable it means the science is not exact and most likely they are missing something. Perhaps the missing something explains a rising fastball.
Since there are many first hand accounts from many players from different eras proclaiming a rising ball and some scientists admit to the unpredictability of the ball and also admit that for some reason they cannot solve the equations that perhaps if it looks like a riser, feels like a riser and tastes like a riser, it just might be.