Rising fastball

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by NIump50

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.

So, we're back to "It looks like it rises, so it must be rising." Dr. Adair never maintained that the equations could not be solved to disprove the myth of the rising fastball. His contention was, and still is, that the predetermined flight path held too many variables to calculate lateral and/or downward movement to a certainty.


Tim.