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Magnus Effect and baseball
The Magnus effect basically states that, in terms of baseball or with any ball, backspin causes rise and topspin causes drop (curveball).
Now with the question of the sinker, ie the two-seam fastball.
You throw it the same as a four-seam fastball, with does include backspin. So why does the ball sink more than a normal four-seam fastball would? (even with the rise, gravity causes the ball to still sink, albeit, neglible).
Someone help me out here.
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Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department.
Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.
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