Judge*

[Chris_Sanders]

Major League Baseball used at least two types of balls again this year, and evidence points to a third

An Insider investigation based on research by Meredith Wills found evidence that during this season, MLB circulated three distinct sets of game balls.

www.insider.com

While Wills' research found "dead" balls at parks around the country, the "Goldilocks" balls — with a more batter-friendly weight profile — only turned up at Yankees games and marquee events like the postseason or games using balls with commemorative stamps.

 

[Dback Jon]

Major League Baseball used at least two types of balls again this year, and evidence points to a third

An Insider investigation based on research by Meredith Wills found evidence that during this season, MLB circulated three distinct sets of game balls.

www.insider.com

While Wills' research found "dead" balls at parks around the country, the "Goldilocks" balls — with a more batter-friendly weight profile — only turned up at Yankees games and marquee events like the postseason or games using balls with commemorative stamps.

I love your title - that is the exact same response I had on another sports board to the story - Judge*

 

[Chris_Sanders]

In the sample we accumulated, nearly all of our specialty-marked balls were Goldilocks, while the standard, MLB-stamped balls were almost always the dead ball.

There were, however, 20 exceptions — Goldilocks balls that bore no specialty markings on their covers. We found:

Nine in the postseason across four playoff rounds;
11 obtained from Yankees games.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

According to two sources familiar with MLB's ball shipment process, the league not only directs where its balls are sent, it also knows which boxes its game compliance monitors – league employees tasked with ensuring each team adheres to league rules – approve and use before each game starts.

 

[Dback Jon]

Of course, manfred is denying anything

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I love your title - that is the exact same response I had on another sports board to the story - Judge*

You're cheating on ASFN?

 

[Dback Jon]

You're cheating on ASFN?

Yes, not much national college sports talk here.

 

[jf-08]

Yes, not much national college sports talk here.

Must be the moderator in that forum that scares folk away.

 

[Dback Jon]

Must be the moderator in that forum that scares folk away.

Must be