The ball I generally use at my league house has a 4-1/2 inch pin and is drilled with the pin at 2:00 to the ring finger and the CG below the midline a LITTTTTLLE bit right of center. This drilling is supposed to flare less and give more length, right?
Now the question is: Higher pins are supposed to give more flare. Sooo... if I have, say, a 1 or 2 inch pin in a ball and drill it with the CG a couple inches toward the axis in a "stacked" type drilling, which one would flare more... the non-aggressively but pin out ball or the aggressive pin in ball?
BTW, the 4-1/2 inch pin ball DOES seem to act fairly aggressive... I still use it on large-oil conditions (it's a Hyde). I have a Piranha Retro drilled with the CG in the same place but only 2" pin out, so the pin is below the ring finger, and it's not near as aggressive on the back end (I'm assuming that's coverstock differences).
One more thing... I remember a post regarding someone drilling a nine-and-a-half inch pin-out ball???!!?? What are the implications of that? In general, what are the characteristics (or preferred drill patterns) for pin in-or-out balls?