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Is the Baseball Livelier?

ChicksDigTheLongBallChicksDigTheLongBall500+ posts
We all like to compare stats from LL to MLB and compare our heroes of yesterday to those of today. A couple of two or three years ago there was an announcer on ESPN or at some game that kept mentioning or questioning whether or not the baseball itself had been modified and he used this as rationale for why so many of yesterday's heroes records are going by the wayside.

Does anyone remember this or know if there has been any changes in the physical manufacturing of a baseball?

How can we explain the tremendous increase in home runs?

I'm kinda from the old-school train of thought and believe the players of yesterday were just physically stronger than they are today and could endure far more pain and were in general better long term athletes than today.

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ChicksDigTheLongBallChicksDigTheLongBall500+ posts
Cong,
Very nice article.

After carefully reading the article I came to the conclusion that the balls must be livelier.
There can be 10% more gain on a hit ball on the light end of the specification and with the seams smaller, that can greatly relate in a reduction of ball movement.

With these two changes it would benefit the batter. It seems that Cone and Pettitte should be suspicious!

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ChicksDigTheLongBallChicksDigTheLongBall500+ posts
Dibble,
That definitely throw another perspective to the "Should Rose be in the Hall of Fame" debate.
Now the question arises what should be done about Bonds and company.
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much has changed for Bonds. He gained 20 pounds of muscle, and his performance began to soar. He jumped from 46 homers to 73 at age 36, and his win shares jumped from 32 to 54 from 2000 to 2001. He has won the MVP every since, at ages 36-38.

I had heard about this before, but it really sinks home as a very serious issue when you read that report. This all dilutes the meaning of the MLB record-holders.

Knowledge is Power! Thank you Mavens and HSBBWEB!
RacabRacab1,000+ posts
1 Baseballs are livelier
2 Players are strongers
3 Baseball parks are smallers
4 Pitchintg mount is lower
5 Average pitchers have less quality due league expantions.
6 Hitting technics have improved
7 The new technics are now available to players from HS level

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Benito Juarez

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