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Why there are more home runs.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:47 pm
by SammyKhalifa
Apparently the ball is different.  Interesting finding:



https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/it ... wer-surge/





edit--the forum is putting a line break in the middle of the URL for some reason.  Don't know why?   :(

Why there are more home runs.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:49 pm
by johnfluharty
Fixed it for you. Just highlight the URL and click the insert hyperlink (globe) icon.

Why there are more home runs.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:50 pm
by SammyKhalifa
Thanks WV, I should have thought of that.

Why there are more home runs.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 7:09 pm
by Bobster21
162428283C0E2D24292C2324450 wrote: Apparently the ball is different.  Interesting finding:



https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/it ... wer-surge/





edit--the forum is putting a line break in the middle of the URL for some reason.  Don't know why?   :(
I guess the Pirates must be using the old baseball.

Why there are more home runs.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 7:12 pm
by dogknot17@yahoo.co
I didn't read the whole article, but wasn't the logo printed bigger on the ball too? It was helping players pick the ball up better with the blue "dot" being more visible.