The way a ball moves after being thrown by the pitcher depends mostly on how it's held and the delivery involved. One very interesting and fun to watch pitch is a knuckleball. Amazingly slow as it crosses the plate with incredible action when it works right...
Hi Marty. There are similarities between the two games. The knuckle ball is thrown (I assume) with the pitcher's same action - *.
I currently can't get enough of this game. And the pitching! Fast balls....really fast balls....balls that look fast on release but are slow (knuckleball)...balls that deviate left to right and vice versa....balls that dip!
...Trying to keep one side shiny whilst allowing the other to get scuffed naturally is allowable - and considered desirable becuase it creates different drag and makes the ball swing. People have been known to use bottle tops, fingernails and other things to help with the scuffing and vaseline to help with the shine...
And ground conditions, especially for spin. Just look at the test match today. 4 days with no trouble batting and Ali getting no wickets, then he gets five fer and we just run out of light to get the win.Similar things happen in cricket Marty. The construction of a cricket ball is different from a baseball - there are 4 panels - 2 each side of a raised seam that runs round the circumference. Trying to keep one side shiny whilst allowing the other to get scuffed naturally is allowable - and considered desirable becuase it creates different drag and makes the ball swing. People have been known to use bottle tops, fingernails and other things to help with the scuffing and vaseline to help with the shine.
However, the biggest factor in determining movement is atmospheric conditions - a muggy overcast day can produce huge movement whereas bright and sunny is different altogether. I'm sure the same applies in baseball.
I wouldn't mind seeing an ice hockey game. Think we had a team in Durham once.....they may even be still in a league of some kind.Big Panthers fan here. I manage to get to about a dozen games a season in between watching Leeds Utd and Leicester Tigers. Youngest son LOVES it!
The empty net thing is where a team is one goal down with seconds to go. They'll pull the goalie for another outfield player and push for a goal to take the game to overtime. Doesn't really matter if it fails and they concede another goal as they were heading for a loss anyway.
Brilliant sport.
Brilliant night out too.
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