Talk:Fred Root

Question of physics
The following line piqued my interest: "His ability to swing the ball in and make it gain pace off the ground made him very difficult on anything like a fiery pitch [...]"

Isn't it a physical impossibility for the ball to "gain pace off the pitch", unless it's on a near vertical slope? Hitting the pitch slows the delivery down considerably. Shiresman (talk) 09:37, 21 June 2015 (UTC)