“Control pitchers hit corners with an uncertainty of of about 3". One must be a fairly good shot to shoot a pistol with that accuracy.”

—  Robert Adair (physicist)

Source: The Physics Of Baseball (Second Edition - Revised), Chapter 3, Pitching, p. 27

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