They both follow straight lines but unless you have a really really really strong arm, the baseball is “moving” across far more time than the ray of light. So i

They both follow straight lines but unless you have a really really really strong arm, the baseball is “moving” across far more time than the ray of light. So if it “experiences” much more gravitational effect from the larger swath of space time it covers. Using quotes since terms are more metaphorical than exact.