FiveFrameSwing
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You are getting confused here... a riseball is a ball that rises. Rise balls rise at different angles depending on the pitchers delivery and release point. A good pitcher can throw a rise ball for a strike that does not rise or drop.. starts just above knees and remains on plane.. why can they do this? Because of the back spin applied. A good pitcher can also throw a rise ball that rises slightly for a strike, they can also throw it for a strike out pitch out of the zone. Will a rise thrown for a strike have less rise than one thrown head high.. of course, that's just dumb. What's to disagree with here? No different than curve ball thrown for a strike vs one thrown in the dirt..
Where is the confusion in what you are responding to ... "Sounds like you may be about to agree that a riseball, thrown for a 'called strike', will not be 'rising' as it crosses the plate".
Are you disagreeing with the 'blue' above ... because if you are, then you are wrong ... and if you are not disagreeing then there is no 'confusion' on my part.