Scuffing the ball is considered cheating in baseball. The idea is that it makes the ball cruve more when a curveball is thrown. Is this effect for real, and is this because it gives the pitcher better grip? It seems to me that other than that , it woudl not make a major impact on the physics of the ball flight.
If anything it woudl only create more turblant airflow around the ball and make it curve less. am I wrong here?
2006-10-23 09:39:50 · 3 answers · asked by abcdefghijk 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
chris. sounds reasonable, but I would guess you would have to make the scuff mark be the on the axis of rotation or else it would cancel out the effect you are looking for.
2006-10-23 10:02:40 · update #1
It creates less air resistance on one side of the ball causing it to want to spin in a specific direction and since it is now lopsided, it's center of gravity isn't the center of the baseball, it is slightly off making the ball curve as it is flying through the air.
2006-10-23 09:55:43 · answer #1 · answered by Chris J 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
scuffing a baseball is usually done by taking a piece of sand paper and marking the ball, it makes the ball "cut" and that will affect how the ball is hit. Since all of pros use a wood bat they have to hit the ball perfectly or theres a good chance the ball wont go very far, so if the pitch has any movement at the end it could change a home run to a ground out
2016-03-28 05:18:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any variation in the surface of a baseball can change how it curves. That is why pitchers throw a two seam or four seam fast ball. Each acts differently.
2006-10-23 11:01:34 · answer #3 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋