Reply to "New Baseball"

BishopLeftiesDad10,000+ posts

Originally Posted by Truman:

Since this "New" baseball is the same as what's used in professional baseball, it will help those players who move from college to pro ball as they will now not have to make that adjustment.

While it is the same seam height as the MLB ball, the Core is the same core as used before. The balls will not be hit any harder, they will just travel farther.

So while I think this will make a difference for the pitchers, not so much for the hitters.

And there is still a big difference between Seasoned professionals and rookies, so there is always those adjustments.

11/14/1410:23 AM

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