No such thing as a break in a curveball?

.what a depressingly arrogant and ignorant article. omg that is such total BS. they should be so ashamed. the contrast of the stitches is somewhat minimal. of course curves break. the saddest thing of all this is that its so easy to verify by looking at path of baseball objectively. jeeeeeeeezzzz. they should put a simulation of real baseball color/stiches spining at typical curve speeds in that simulator- would minimize illusion.

from http://www.straig...ly-curve "Truth was, the reality of the curve had been demonstrated as early as 1877, when a couple of pitchers--one a lefty, the other a right-hander--threw curveballs around boards that had been set up at intervals along a straight chalk line. (The pitches in question obviously curved more from side to side than up and down.) The scientists who've gotten into the act since the 1940s have used strobe photography, wind tunnels, and other sophisticated technology, but their conclusions have all been the same: Yes, a curveball curves--in the hands (well, having left the hands) of a skilled pitcher, as much as 18 inches. "

The actual work involved here merely suggests that the curveball's curve appears *exaggerated* from the point of view of the batter due to an optical illusion. Their work does not claim that the ball doesn't curve, contrary to the article's title.