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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Silly SSS stories and the “evidence” to support them…
On April 5, this story appeared on ESPN.com:
Offense up early on: Are the balls juiced?
By David Schoenfield
David O’Brien, who covers the Braves for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, tweeted the following:
“A bullpen catcher of a team (not #Braves) says baseballs are harder this year, believes they’ve been juiced to aid attendance in bad economy.”
ESPN’s Buster Olney reached out to Major League Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney, who responded, “There has been no change whatsoever on the composition of the baseball or the process in which they are made.”
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That said, offense is up through the small sample size of 52 games played (just more than 2 percent of the schedule):2011: 4.67 runs per game
2010: 4.38 runs per game2011: .260/.324/.421 (BA/OBP/SLG)
2010: .257/.325/.4032011: 119 home runs in 3,563 at-bats (one every 29.9 at-bats)
2010: 4,613 home runs in 165,353 at-bats (one every 35.8 at-bats)
Then, on April 25, in a column by Ken Robothal:
THE SCORING DROUGHT: A NEW THEORY
Teams are averaging 4.32 runs per game, according to STATS LLC, the lowest figure in the majors since 1992. The reasons likely include everything from cold weather to steroid testing, but one GM offers an interesting take.
“The number of players off to bad starts is mind-boggling,” the GM says. “It’s such a timing sport. We’re overprotective of players in the spring. They don’t get enough at-bats.
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