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Any noticeable difference in the new baseballs?
Posted on 2/21/15 at 8:05 am
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Posted on 2/21/15 at 8:09 am to Sull
I can think of one situation when there was a ball that should have been caught at the track and was a home run. It was for Kansas though.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 8:10 am to Sull
they seem to be swinging the bats better. probably because javi is gone though.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 8:10 am to Sull
Not yet for LSU games.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 8:12 am to Sull
Noticeable is the key word though. Nobody will truly know because it was hit with new ball not old obviously
Posted on 2/21/15 at 8:23 am to Sull
During the SECN+ broadcast they brought up the numbers by conference from the first weekend of games this year to last year. Home runs were basically double this year to last year in the SEC, ACC, and Pac. Also, average total runs per game (both teams) was up from 10.5 to 11.5 or so.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 8:26 am to Sasquatch Smash
SEC network just posted stat overnight that hits are up 39% and runs up 29%... nothing on HR's
Posted on 2/21/15 at 8:53 am to Sull
Line drives in the gap seem to be getting through to the fence quicker. Whereas before the fielder would keep it in front of them.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 8:56 am to TopsInAmericaTim
Hrs are up around 50%.
So yeah it's noticeable.
So yeah it's noticeable.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 9:00 am to Sull
Georgia hit five out of the park opening day has seven through its first five games. There is a increase in home runs around the country. The new balls may not be as evident to someone watching LSU this year due to a lack of overall team power.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 9:10 am to Holden Caulfield
Some of you must not know about the game last night. LSU had several hits for extra bases. At one point, we has six hits, and five were better than singles. We finished with six extra base hits out of eight total.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 9:23 am to Sull
Didn't affect Lange's breaking ball, that's for sure. Kid might be Nola good.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 9:30 am to MidCityTiger
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Some of you must not know about the game last night
Made a 300 mile trip to Baton Rouge to watch both games with a Boston College grad.
The extra base hits are not necessarily attributed directly to the new balls. Foster's triple was misplayed by the leftfielder. Chinea's double was a blop that fell in the perfect place that allowed him to take two bases.
This post was edited on 2/21/15 at 9:31 am
Posted on 2/21/15 at 9:30 am to Sull
The home runs being hit are traveling slightly further. With the old balls, no matter how hard it was crushed, almost every single home run ball would start to die on its way down and barely creep over the fence.
Seeing more balls get to the back rows of the bleachers. I suspect a few more of those will end up in the bullpen at Omaha.
Seeing more balls get to the back rows of the bleachers. I suspect a few more of those will end up in the bullpen at Omaha.
This post was edited on 2/21/15 at 9:31 am
Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:08 am to LMfan
Until they bring the fences in in Omaha it's a black hole for offense
Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:12 am to Sull
I mean I held one and yes it feels different.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:53 am to geauxtigers87
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Until they bring the fences in in Omaha it's a black hole for offense
If the baseballs travel further, then the fences are easier to reach ... It leads to the same end game.
This post was edited on 2/21/15 at 11:53 am
Posted on 2/21/15 at 12:45 pm to Sull
Nothing noticeable.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 2:31 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
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During the SECN+ broadcast they brought up the numbers by conference from the first weekend of games this year to last year. Home runs were basically double this year to last year in the SEC, ACC, and Pac.
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