CPM's Quotes in The Advocate

There are a few issues here.

First, no one expects the ball to bring back 2009-type numbers. But it will have an effect in that pitchers won't be as effective.

Second, college baseball has different types of hitters and pitchers compared to just 5 years ago. What has happened is that scouts have adjusted and are pulling more of the best hitters from high school since that has become much easier to evaluate. Pitching is just the opposite. It's tougher for scouts and some of the best HS pitchers are ending up in college. So not only is the equipment forcing things one way, the talent on the field is also.

well regardless of what mainieri thinks, the laws of physics disagree with him. lower seams means less drag. less drag means balls will travel further.

It will have some effect but it won't be that drastic. I don't see scoring increasing all that much.

if brought in the fences we could build enclosed bullpens (hell we could do it now but thats beside the point).


it would really please ronnie rantz

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Less drag also means pitchers will gain some speed on their fastballs.

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not really. the exit speeds from the pitcher and off the bat wont have hardly any effect. maybe the most minuscule amount.


the effect will be on throwing breaking pitches and the drag on balls hit into the outfield.

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well um he's um wrong.

unless he wants to argue with science.

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LSU would have hit three or four home runs in the UCLA loss if they had those baseballs. That 10-20 feet for well-hit fly balls may have been the difference between another National Championship and 2-n-BBQ.

Bringing in the fences mean more HRs, sure. But it also means fewer singles doubles and triples with less ground for OFs to cover.

The extra distance comes from the ball being able to rotate at a faster speed.

Some people might be confused by what "drag" means here. It's not that the ball is smoother so it travels through the air cleaner per se. It's that the ball can hold its backspin (angular velocity) much easier. That spin creates pressure underneath the ball which means it keeps its height for longer resulting in longer distance. (Think of a soccer ball's english when kicked with side spin. This is due to pressure on one side of the ball)

So Skip Bertman does not know what he's talking about, either? For CPM to consider bringing in the fences, he has to be fairly certain the changes won't amount to much. They are not saying that there will be no change: in Skip's exact words: "meh" . For someone who laughingly says he studies RPI's every two hrs, I feel certain he's done his research with this, too.

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So Skip Bertman does not know what he's talking about, either?

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that's correct. unless you think he actually believes 15-20 feet = meh.


Hell McMullen has hit 2 balls up to the wall in the last 2 games. Chinea too i believe in the Ole miss series (forget which game).

thats 3 balls in the last several games that 100% would have been out. There is no arguing that.