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Science and the Altering of Baseballs

 
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dodgerblue6



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PostPosted: Tue 2/9/21 12:59 pm    Post subject: Science and the Altering of Baseballs Reply with quote
MLB has announced that baseballs used this year will be "altered", per this article.
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forloveofthegame



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PostPosted: Tue 2/9/21 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good news for pitchers. It is also interesting to know that 10 teams will use humidors.
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PostPosted: Fri 2/12/21 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Our own David Price called out MLB on this. Here's the article.
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PostPosted: Sat 2/13/21 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
So then you have to wonder if the ball was juiced before? I was reading an article in Sports Illustrated about this - linked here
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