Occasionally, I've seen what I thought was a rise ball thrown at the bottom of the zone for a called strike. Is a low rise used, or did I see something flat and low and misread it as a rise? Or, could it have been a rise that just happened to be way off the mark?
To me it makes some sense for a drop/rise pitcher to occasionally use a low rise. If the spin isn't picked up and the ball is low in the zone, I'd think the batter would see a drop and let it go. (I'd also wonder if the blue might see the same and call "ball?")
To me it makes some sense for a drop/rise pitcher to occasionally use a low rise. If the spin isn't picked up and the ball is low in the zone, I'd think the batter would see a drop and let it go. (I'd also wonder if the blue might see the same and call "ball?")