JJsqueeze
Dad, Husband....legend
so Sluggers, Amy, Ken- do I get a prize for accidentally starting the 10000000000th does a rise all rise thread?
The point I got when I saw this was that Doug's dd, who had yet to play a hs game, was progressing on her rise ball journey to the extent that she could throw a ball underhand, with decent velocity, with more-backspin-than-bullet spin. I think it's a significant achievement.
It doesn't make her a world-beater, but I know a lot of work went into getting to that point and as she improves her speed and spin consistency, it will likely elevate her above other pitchers with similar speed and pitch command.
so Sluggers, Amy, Ken- do I get a prize for accidentally starting the 10000000000th does a rise all rise thread?
For me, the "riseball" is more about the rotation of the ball than it is where the ball ends up. I'm claiming that a riseball is a pitch thrown with a backward spin. Given that, anytime a catcher sees a backward spin, axis tilted or not, it's a "riseball" pitch. I've often heard some of the true pitching experts mention throwing a "riseball" (backward spin) for a strike not high in the zone and not swung at. It's often not swung at because the batter thinks it's going to drop more than it does.
Is the pitch above a backward spin pitch or is it a bullet spin???
That sounds rather definitive.
Do you have an analysis of the pitch profiles for both '12-6' and 'bullet spin'?
The reason I ask is that I see 'bullet spin' rise balls frequently, and they seem quite effective .... so I'd like a quantification of the 'need' to throw rise balls with a 12-6 rotation.
Feel free to peruse the thousand or so posts where this has been beaten to death. I am sure you will find something.
BTW - What did we decide? Does it taste great or is it less filling?
I fully acknowledge that a lot of work went into that ..... and that's my point ..... has anyone bothered to quantify the change as a result of putting in that work?