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How Long Pimples can Kill the Spin on the Ball

By Greg Letts, About.com

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During Flat Contact

Long Pimples Picture - During Flat Contact

During Flat Contact

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If your opponent meets the ball with a relatively flat stroke, the pimples on his bat will tend to bend in all sorts of directions, and then spring back.

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