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Are the baseballs different for 2025? MLB apparently admitted it to Andrew McCutchen
Fast forward to 2025, and MLB may have over-corrected in the opposite direction with less fly balls resulting in home runs.
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Andrew McCutchen says the baseballs are different this year. The data says he's right
"I've hit over 300 homers in my career, so I know what a ball feels like when you hit it right," McCutchen told the Post-Gazette. "You know that you've made good enough contact for the ball to carry ...
MLB’s baseball is behaving differently again, but no one seems to know why
The league says no intentional changes were made to the ball, but long fly balls are traveling about 4 feet less than they ...
MLB has a new issue with its baseballs (report)
There’s a new inconsistency with MLB’s baseballs. According to The Athletic, there has been more drag on the ball this season and fly balls are averaging 4 feet less than usual. Subsequently, home ...
MLB Pitcher Says Potential ABS Robot-Umpire Rule Change Would 'Ruin Baseball'
Despite the general success of the ABS challenge system in spring training this year, some players within Major League ...
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MLB: Juan Soto Shows His Displeasure with Lineup Change
Nevertheless, his recent appearance against the Red Sox was unusual behavior for the MLB superstar ... of hustle on a grounder during Sunday Night Baseball. Besides his long single against ...
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Umps Care Charities teams up with MLB Together for national campaign to curb abuse of sports officials in youth sports
UMPS CARE Charities – the official philanthropy of the Major League Baseball Umpires – is proud to announce that it has teamed up with MLB Together for a national campaign with a goal of curbing ...
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MLB's made a lot of rule changes over the past few years. The most noticeable? A pitch clock
One of the overlooked alterations to baseball is a change that happened in 2020 during the COVID-affected season. MLB mandated that teams would start the 10th inning with an automatic runner at ...
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MLB Internal Report Suggests New Pitching Rules to Curtail Injuries, Make Game More Entertaining
Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images Major League Baseball should consider rule changes to address the declines in pitchers’ health and the aesthetics of the game, according to an MLB internal report ...
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MLB rules changes have made trade deadline more about tryouts than blockbusters
The trade deadline is morphing into more of a time for auditions than blockbusters. There were swaps that have uplifted teams — particularly in the NL West. But the leagues evolution to ...