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Wheels spinning backwards is due to aliasing eg undersampling. That wouldn't change the spin axis..I really think you're on to something here. As much emphasis as there is on spin axes when training pitchers, why the rotation on so many pitches looks the same on TV for what they are labelling curve, rise, or screw. Drop is the one I can discern the most on TV for its rotation.
We may have been selling these pitchers short from their true ability when it could be TV's technical limitations giving us the wrong impression.