What produces the curve in a wiffle ball pitch?

Subject: What produces the curve in a wiffle ball pitch?

Date: Wed May 2 19:42:29 2007
Posted by Anna
Grade level: 10-12 School: No school entered.
City: Cincinnati State/Province: OH Country: US
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1178160149.Ph

Message:


More specifically, why are the holes oblong and only on one side of the ball? 
I thought this answer would be easy to find on the web but apparently wiffle 
ball physics are pretty complex. Thank you!

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