07-26-2012 09:21 PM

Flak-Bait

Re: pic: Lefty Circuits

Can you bring him to Boston? We'll give you Beckett and Lester.

07-26-2012 10:21 PM

Peck

Re: pic: Lefty Circuits

what pitches can it "throw"?

07-26-2012 10:25 PM

Chris Fultz

Re: pic: Lefty Circuits

it actually had a pretty interesting curve ball at full speed.

Once we got it dialed in, it was very consistent with strikes and ball placement. We used the camera on the front to align to the glove.

We knew we only had one pitch when we go on the field, so a lot of time went into making sure we did everything we could to make it good.

07-26-2012 11:06 PM

dodar

Re: pic: Lefty Circuits

If you took 4 wheels and put them in a form such that they would touch the top right, top left, bottom right, and bottom left, I wonder if you could get it to pitch a knuckleball.

07-26-2012 11:34 PM

Ekcrbe

Re: pic: Lefty Circuits

A knuckleball is simply a pitch with no spin, so any number of evenly spaced and equally fast wheels would create such a pitch.

EDIT: They don't have to be evenly spaced, just symmetrical across two perpendicular axes when viewed from the front.

Think almost any two-axle shooter from this year.

07-27-2012 12:56 AM

CalTran

Re: pic: Lefty Circuits

I'm curious as to what speeds it pitched at as well.