Ever wonder why a curve ball curves and why hitters have such problems hitting the knuckle ball? Kidzworld looks at the physics behind curves, knucklers and spitters.
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The knuckle ball can drive even the Boston Red Sox, will travel slowly and only spin one or two times on its way to the plate. Because the ball isn't moving very fast, the air is able to over the stitches of the ball and cause the ball to move up and down or from side to side. A knuckle ball thrown properly will move back and forth on its way to the plate which can often make a good hitter look very foolish when his swing is nowhere near the ball.
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The spit ball is one of the hardest to hit and can actually be quite deadly. The spit ball was offically banned from baseball in 1920 after Carl Mays threw a spit ball which hit Ray Chapman on the head and killed him. A spitball is any kind of pitch where the pitcher slops some sort of goo - like spit, ear wax, pitcher is cheating!
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When A batter only has about one fifth of a second to swing the bat, so when the ball changes direction at the last second, it makes it extremely difficult to make .
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