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re: NCAA Graphic: New Ball vs. Old Ball Comparison
Posted on 4/1/15 at 1:26 pm to ell_13
Posted on 4/1/15 at 1:26 pm to ell_13
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You use small numbers to prove a point... good job.
Let's use big numbers as an example then... say it goes 1000 HRs to 1390 HRs.
See what I did there?
I'm using numbers that people can understand... Do you think .7 homeruns is good for the sport? Simple question. If so, then the balls did their job.
In the Majors they hit 1.7 homeruns per game. That is a reasonable expectation IMO for parks that are a lot smaller than MLB parks (on average).
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 1:27 pm to SouthOfSouth
quote:With MLB, you are averaging the best of the best and only 32 teams... With college, you are averaging hundreds of teams most of whom have players that aren't great. It's not fair at all to compare the two.
That is a reasonable expectation IMO for parks that are a lot smaller than MLB parks (on average).
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 2:42 pm to SouthOfSouth
quote:Right, except that the hr/game in the ncaa has never been remotely close to 1.7.
In the Majors they hit 1.7 homeruns per game. That is a reasonable expectation IMO for parks that are a lot smaller than MLB parks (on average).
The highest it's been since 1970 has been 1.06 and that was in the gorilla ball days of 1998. Early 90s and early to mid 2000s had rates around 0.7-0.8, which is where I think it needs to be.
Here's some trend stats for perspective. LINK
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