1 Towel dry any ball that has moisture on it before using in a pitching machine. 2  Extreme cold can cause balls to become harder than normal. 3  This could cause the balls to pitch slower and / or inconsistently. 4  Use dimpled pitching machine balls or regulation leather balls only. When using a seamed ball, feed the ball into the machine with the seams in the same general position each time. 2  Wet or damp balls tend to slip on the throwing surfaces. 3  Towel dry any ball that has moisture on it before using in a pitching machine. 4  Extreme cold can cause balls to become harder than normal.
Karen Balkin was born on April 29, 1949 in Houston, Texas, USA as Karen Marie Balkin. She is an actress, known for The Children's Hour (1961), Our Time (1974) and The Lucy Show (1962). See full bio Â».
A grimalkin (also called a greymalkin) is an archaic term for a cat. The term stems from grey (the colour) plus malkin, an archaic term with several meanings (a cat, a low class woman, a weakling, a mop or a name) derived from a hypocoristic form of the female name Maud. Scottish legend makes reference to the grimalkin as a faery cat that dwells in the highlands. Nostradamus the French prophet & astrologer, 1503-1566, had a cat named Grimalkin. Beware the Cat was published in 1570 by William Baldwin. The novel is a story of talking cats, and part of it relates the story of the Grimalkin's death. According to its editors, the story, and thus the name, originates with Baldwin in terms of being the earliest example known in print.