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Much crazier as it is at a larger scale.  The first baseman played off the bouncing ball by 6' and was clearly hedged toward first.  But the ball bounced even further towards first, where she couldn't/didn't even reach for it (she'd have to reach across her body).
https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/33964271
(The "live" view of it is garbled in that clip, but they replay it at 0:20.)

Here's my estimate of the hop.  That's about a 60 degree angle from a straight bounce.  (Blue oval is where the first baseman was when the ball hit.)

Warne’s ball was about 120 degrees, so a similar deviation angle.  Here is is diagramed.



The difference is that Warne’s bowl was intentional.

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[BostonCard]

Much crazier as it is at a larger scale.  The first baseman played off the bouncing ball by 6' and was clearly hedged toward first.  But the ball bounced even further towards first, where she couldn't/didn't even reach for it (she'd have to reach across her body).
https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/33964271
(The "live" view of it is garbled in that clip, but they replay it at 0:20.)

Here's my estimate of the hop.  That's about a 60 degree angle from a straight bounce.  (Blue oval is where the first baseman was when the ball hit.)

Warne’s ball was about 120 degrees, so a similar deviation angle.  Here is is diagramed.



The difference is that Warne’s bowl was intentional.

BC