Exactly, thanks for clarifying. And also why I was shooting with single shots to try to time the ball close to the bat. Given a camera that took about 5 frames

Exactly, thanks for clarifying. And also why I was shooting with single shots to try to time the ball close to the bat. Given a camera that took about 5 frames per second (200msec between frames), the ball would move about 29 feet (8.8m) in between frames. The breaking bat was a nice surprise.