They are trying to trick you! As any catcher and he will tell you the break of the curve ball is not an "optical illusion" but an actual defined break. Ever see a catcher get crossed up? Nothing like seeing the catcher move the mitt anticipating the break of the CB and the mistakenly thrown FB never touches leather. It's no optical illusion. Granted the black and white spinning sphere in the video does create some optical illusions but to compare this to the CB is for non baseball people.
Many visual things that allow the mind to react in an unnatural way. Why i even read where a scantily clad mannequin in front of the Ohio barbeque increased sales 40% and this email I received yesterday even puzzles me as I could read it like it was error free ---- Can you read it?
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe
out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht
I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod
are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed i t whotuit a pboerlm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the
wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
if you can raed tihs forwrad it.
Fungo