Balls
It would seem that in a league where we are already dealing with a juiced baseball, we might be dealing with an entirely new baseball controversy in the World Series. In this case, we aren’t necessarily talking juiced, but slick. It seems to be enough of a difference that Lance McCullers can tell the difference between the World Series ball and a standard one blindfolded.
They say there is a new problem: the baseballs used in the World Series are slicker than the ones used in the regular season because of a difference in the grain of the leather. The slicker World Series balls particularly make it hard to throw a good slider, they claim.
“We had a well-pitched game tonight from both sides,” Astros pitching coach Brent Strom said after Los Angeles won Game 4, 6-2. “I’m not taking anything away from the players. I just want to know why? Why in the world would the baseballs in the World Series be different? Because you can see the difference. You can feel it. I don’t understand it at all.”
It would seem that in a league where we are already dealing with a juiced baseball, we might...
It would seem that in a league where we are already dealing with a juiced baseball, we might be dealing with an entirely new baseball controversy in the World Series. In this case, we aren’t necessarily talking juiced, but slick
We are talking about the increase in homeruns during the world series. A juiced ball that has been in play for 2 years or a new issue... slick balls? What is different?
I am talking relevant shit here.. KC is just being a dick and so are you
Okay.. so long as we agree that KC is right about a juiced baseballs a few years ago and I am right about a slick baseballs causing the pitches to be unable to throw sliders in the ws.. and that has contributed more than a juiced baseball to the homerun fest
Okay we don't have data yet.. all we have are the pitchers opinions in the news.. I am going by that. This isn't something I have control of or made up
one picture and one dude's opinion doesn't establish it as fact
the MLB publically stating the cores of their balls were changed establishes fact
Houston pitching coach Brent Strom holds a 2017 regular season baseball (left) and a 2017 World Series ball.
sounds good
i don't like to jump to conclusions
this is akin to someone claiming global warming exists because he has noticed his town has been hotter all year long than it's been before and there have been more people burning leaves and trash
no.. this is a baseball argument.
Pitchers and coaches from both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros have claimed the World Series baseballs are slicker than the regular-season baseballs.
Pitchers have complained about the grip on the World Series balls, saying the surface is slicker.
MLB said there are only minor differences in the balls and that they are made and held to the same standard as the balls used during the regular season.