If they were playing against any other team it'd be four game sweeps for either of them and the easiest WS ever.
If they were playing against any other team it'd be four game sweeps for either of them and the easiest WS ever.
I dunno. Nats and yankees were also really really complete teams. But this has been THE series.
The balls are juiced. Though I guess this might be the first time both teams were on warm weather cities in a few years.
I have a weird theory about global warming affecting the air density. But the ball is also most definitely juiced. They changed something with the seams after the allstar break in 2015.
this series is heart-wrenching
Inb4 the mound gets adjusted next offseason.
If they wanted to lower the number of home runs, they'd just un-juice the ball. But they don't want to lower the number of home runs - that's why they juiced the ball in the first place.
But who are “they” and how did “they” “juice the ball”?
And how would “they” “un-juice” the ball”?
And “why” am I “using” so many “quotation marks”?
Originally Posted by Hulky
They is MLB, obviously. And the ball has most definitely been changed from past seasons. MLB says the baseballs are within the same standards, and has denied intentionally changing the ball, but those standards are quite wide and you could get a lot of change out a baseball by simply moving from one end of the range to the other (meaning the physical characteristics of the baseball). Smaller baseballs, lower seams, and rougher surfaces all reduce drag on the baseball and make home runs easier. Sources for reading:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...ced-than-ever/
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/10...d-slick-homers
Its part of the reason theres an uptick in blisters as well.
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