MLB refuted a new report claiming three different baseballs were in play in 2022. But where’s the transparency?
Baseball’s Winter Meetings came and went with enough transactional news – more than $3 billion in free-agent contracts have been authorized already this offseason – to keep the lobby of the Manchester Grand Hyatt buzzing beyond last call. It was enough to relegate the week’s most sensational report to a mere footnote., Major League Baseball utilized three different kinds of baseballs during the 2022 season, after using two different kinds in 2021.
That revelation alone was enough to cause concern among players who have voiced complaints about the inconsistency of the ball’s physical properties, particularly its weight and its carry off the bat. ButSpecifically,reported that a sample of 36 balls that weighed one gram heavier than a new baseball introduced for the 2022 regular season appeared in the postseason, at the All-Star Game and the Home Run Derby, and at regular-season Angels, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees games.
The Angels’ and Rangers’ balls had commemorative stamps on the outer cover. The Angels’ stamp recognized the 20th anniversary of their 2002 championship season. The Rangers’ stamp recognized their 50th anniversary as a franchise. The All-Star Game and Home Run Derby balls had commemorative stamps, too.
The heavier balls that appeared at Yankee games featured the same MLB stamp that appeared on the outside of the postseason balls, for games played up until the World Series. The World Series balls featured a special stamp.dubbed these balls “Goldilocks balls.” This ball was not as heavy as those collected by Dr. Meredith Wills, an astrophysicist who conducted the research for, from games played later in the season.
In an interview with the Southern California News Group, Wills said the production codes on the baseballs suggested that the lighter balls were left over from the 2021 season, and were out of circulation by the end of the regular season. Her sample suggests that, in the postseason, only the “Goldilocks” ball was in play.
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