I wonder if the Post ASG ball is different

[Centerfield]

Suddenly everyone can throw their sliders again?

[kcmets]

Ball-gate kinda cracks me up on some level. I mean, they have satellites that can

take pictures of a postage stamp in a parking lot but they can't take a box of balls

from last year and this year and scientifically just say the balls are juiced or not?

[Centerfield]

They can, and they did.



https://theathletic.com/1044790/2019/06/25/yes-the-baseball-is-different-again-an-astrophysicist-examines-this-years-baseballs-and-breaks-down-the-changes/https://theathletic.com/1044790/2019/06/25/yes-the-baseball-is-different-again-an-astrophysicist-examines-this-years-baseballs-and-breaks-down-the-changes/



Requires a subscription. But if you DL the app, you get 3 free articles per month. She's an astrophysicist. I don't remember all the details, but basically the seams are lower, the ball is rounder, the leather is smoother.



Everything you can ask for to kill the spin on a ball.

Edited August 2, 2019 by Guest

[kcmets]

I should subscribe to that, seems it's become one of the most quoted and

cited news source lately.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Whenever the balls are obviously juiced, science then always proves it. And then MLB issues a denial. Every single time. If you wanna believe MLB, the ball hasn't been altered since they changed the balls after Ray Chapman got killed by a HBP.

[kcmets]

Does science prove they're intentionally juiced or just a manufacturing anomaly?

[Ceetar]

They DO get new balls at the break though, which is why 2015 second half was juiced whedre the first half wasn't.



I haven't seen anyone state they're different yet though. It's really really, like REALLY easy to do. Rob Arthur can do it just by reading a few days worth of statcast data. It's that obvious.

[Edgy MD]

Whether the ball is changed or not, the Mets are keeping it in the park better than anyone.



Well, the Mets and anyone pitching to Pete Alonso. But it's not like his fly balls are suddenly dying. He's just chasing shitty sliders a foot off the plate.