But on a high friction surface like clay, the ball will grip more and change the trajectory of the ball quite significantly.
He also has unnaturally large hands, which allow him to grip the ball tighter and throw with greater velocity.
"I was able to grip the ball better today, " said Niese, who also pitched in cold weather last weekend in Minneapolis.
When a player gets ready to make a cut, Wilson explained, someone holding the other end of the elastic band yanks on it to try to pull the ball out of his grip.
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North kept out the hat-trick ball before England loosened their grip when Finn replaced Anderson at the Lillee-Marsh Stand end.
Varvaro could be seen struggling to get a good grip on the ball throughout the inning, repeatedly rubbing his hand on his jersey and pants.
"It was a little cold, a little tough getting a grip on the ball, but I have to get used to it, " Harvey said on a day when temperatures hovered in the upper 50s and low 60s.
He didn't have a baseball, so a man wearing a Mets caps tossed him a pristine ball, and the great closer happily showed off the grip that has made him the major league's saves leader.
Despite having to play the final minutes of the match without their goalscorer Rami -- who was dismissed for an off-the-ball incident -- the Spanish side never relinquished their grip on the tie which was set up by a 4-2 win in the first leg.
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Shortly after lunch, skipper Dravid was out lbw for 11 to an angled ball from Nel as the South African seam attack tightened their grip, although TV replays suggested it would have cleared the top of the stumps.
Jones failed to convert another penalty but the visitors began to take a grip on affairs and the fly-half fired the ball between the posts in the 58th minute to make it 16-9.
"If I can't grip the baseball, then I can't make the ball do what I want, " Atchison said.
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