A Conversation for Trick Pitches in Baseball
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Lochinvar Started conversation Apr 30, 2001
There is no such verb as "homered'd." The proper past tense of the word to homer (meaning: to hit a home run) is "homered." If you want to avoid the strangeness of the word please use "hit a home run."
Thank you
Lochinvar
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Bright Blue Shorts Posted Apr 30, 2001
I believe that the discussion on Spitball's could probably make reference to Bernoulli's principle at http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A517169. I think that changing the ball so that it is no longer spherical (rather like cricketers shining one half of a cricket ball) creates drag on one side of the ball, so that air travels quicker around the other, thus imparting a curved flight path. Or something like that.
BBS 
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Lochinvar Posted Apr 30, 2001
This is a point well made. I originally had a link to Bernoulli's Principle from "spin," as all of the pitches use it to some degree by the amount and direction of the spin on the ball.
Lochinvar
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World Service Memoryshare team Posted May 1, 2001
Hi Lochinvar and Bright Blue Shorts,
I've reworked Bernoulli's Principle back into the text and have changed the homered'd reference. Thanks for all your help! I've only ever been to a baseball game once (on holiday in Maryland) and didn't have a clue what was going on - I was even flummoxed during the Mexican wave! So thanks for making the world of baseball a clearer one for me 
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