Balls in Focus

I shot PSU baseball today against Ohio State. I’ve always thought it would be cool to get the ball in focus and the pitcher out of focus. I’ve tried to achieve this the last couple of games to no avail. It takes a lot of tweaking on the focus and where you sit to line it up perfectly. A longer lens definitely helps to give you more play in the focus.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 420mm, 1/1000, f/5.6, ISO 1000)