The most common type of pitch in baseball, a fastball is thrown with a backspin on the baseball. Science calls this the “Magnus effect”, wherein an upward force is created on the baseball that makes it fall slower than expected.
The most common type of pitch in baseball, a fastball is thrown with a backspin on the baseball. Science calls this the “Magnus effect”, wherein an upward force is created on the baseball that makes it fall slower than expected.