Posted by: Jeff M (arhmobile@yahoo.com) on Tue Oct 22 05:14:24 2002

> Watts and Bahill estimate that the rising fastball would be possible in baseball(lift exceed gravity) if you threw at 100 mph with a spin rate of 3400 rpm.However,maximum spin rate of college players has been measured at only 2310 rpm and they think it unlikely anyone can get in the 3400rpm ball park.

**Then it might be possible for a ball to rise, or at least hold it's plane, if a pitching machine set at 100+ mph were used? The machine we use might be able to deliver the 3400 rpm's as noted above. Just food for thought.

Jeff M