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Mar 9, 2024 09:40:38 #
har1ey4
Loc: Long Island, New York
bobbyjohn wrote:
Average life of a Major League Baseball = 7 pitches. Wow! Nowadays, if a baseball even hits the dirt during a pitch, they discard it. I prefer the days of old (like 1950s) when a baseball would stay in use almost forever, unless, of course, it was a home-run or a foul into the stands.
They don’t throw the ball away every time it is bounced in the dirt by the pitcher. Those balls are rubbed clean in the dugout by the ball boy and put back in the rotation. Pitchers gain an advantage when there is dirt on the ball by the weight of the ball not being even. So, they rub it off not discard the ball. Yeah lets go back to the “old days” when a scuffed or dirty ball couldn’t be seen by the batter.
Mar 9, 2024 12:07:58 #
har1ey4 wrote:
They don’t throw the ball away every time it is bounced in the dirt by the pitcher. Those balls are rubbed clean in the dugout by the ball boy and put back in the rotation. Pitchers gain an advantage when there is dirt on the ball by the weight of the ball not being even. So, they rub it off not discard the ball. Yeah lets go back to the “old days” when a scuffed or dirty ball couldn’t be seen by the batter.
I don't doubt you, harley4, but where are you getting your info? There's a lot about baseball I don't know, but I looked this up to get an answer and found this. In another article I read it was stated that MLB saves those balls and sells them as "game used balls" and when signed by players they're suddenly worth a lot of money.
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