What would happen if you took one of the high end balls, say a Lucid or something equivalent, and drilled it to where the pin itself is the Pap? I'm pondering plugging one of my old balls I don't use and testing the thought, but has anyone tried this?

I don't have one with the pin on my pap, but I have a sync drilled with a 2" pin-pap with the VAL angle offset at 40*.  Very slow and smooth arcing motion and doesn't overreact on short patterns.