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Brian<<"he is bending over backwards to catch a ball falling perpendicular to the ground"
1st.....a fly ball does not fall "perpendicular to the ground".....it goes up in an arching trajectory and comes down in an arching
trajectory. Therefore, a PITCHER trying to catch a pop fly (or a high fly) near the mound is going to have some difficulty in jud-
ging it (and especially if wind is a factor). That appears to be exactly the case in this Dunn pix where he is leaning back in prep-
aration to catch this type of fly ball.>>
If he is leaning back to catch the ball as you suggest, shouldn't his eyes be looking in the same direction that his body is leaning? Well, they aren't. If one judges the direction of the ball from Dunn's eyes/arms, it is falling perpendicular to the ground. If we agree that balls don't fall that way, isn't the only logical conclusion that the ball is where is eyes are looking -- making this a horizontal card.
I don't really care either way. If you judge the card's orientation from his eyes/arms, its horizontal. If you judge the card's orientation from his body, its vertical. Not that there is anything wrong with that.