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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Rod Cross: Smooth patch on a baseball, to get a curve

By Tangotiger, 09:19 PM

Looks like fascinating stuff.  I believe Rod Cross, Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney, is a partner of Alan Nathan.

You can watch the whole thing, or start at the 2:30 minute mark (which is where I have it set).  Then there’s video of a pitch from a game.

Glove-slap: G.M.

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