Does ball color effect performance in sports? Do cricket batsman have the right to complain about pink balls and baseball batters about the brief experiment with orange ones?

Articles/links:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/oct/27/to-see-or-not-to-see-australian-cricket-divided-over-pink-ball-test

Effect of ball color on hitting performance by college softball players

Effect of softball color on batting performance in players and non-players

Ball color, eye color, and a reactive motor skill

Behavior of College Baseball Players in a Virtual Batting Task

The role of the baseball seam pattern in pitch recognition

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http://perceptionaction.com/

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

50 Foot Wave – Hot Pink, Distorted

Monk Turner – (Yellow)

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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