JJsqueeze
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So just to be clear, all things equal a ball without movement (bullet spin) will not get hit more often than one with movement. Correct?
I dunno...I used to think so, but EVERY damn RB I see in slo motion in D1 is a bullet spin high fastball. I still have not seen a pitch get the ESPN slo mo treatment and have me look at it and say "wow, nice RB spin". Erin Gabriel and Alexis Osorio did really well with bullet spin riseballs. Several strikeout riseballs were shown in very clear slow motion during the broadcast and they would not spinning backwards at all. I can't be the only pitching fanatic who saw this. I am not at the point of saying that a nice, high, fast pitch with a tight backspin is a myth, but so far every good clip I have seen is at least 90% bullet spin. This goes for clips I have seen of Lawrie, Escobedo, Osorio, Gabriel. I have never seen a good high def slow mo clip of Osterman or Carda or Hawkins or some other known riseballers so I can't comment on them.
edit- I realized i did not actually respond to RBs post, I just sort of went off on the bullet spin riseball tangent....to answer the question, the bullet spin ball will be hit more often that a movement pitch. Unless it is thrown with whatever magic Osario has on her bulletspin RB.
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