MLB Seeking To Change Balls

[Can_of_corn]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-mlb-seeking-new-ball-with-stickier-cover-so-it-can-enforce-foreign-substance-rule-162554693.html

Finally a change from the new commissioner I can support.

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MLB has commissioned Rawlings, its official manufacturer, to produce a ball with natural tack on the leather in hopes of eliminating the need for pine tar, sunscreen and rosin, or any other foreign substances whose use in recent years has blurred the legal-illegal line, sources familiar with the project told Yahoo Sports. The balls also would not need a pregame polish of Lena Blackburne Rubbing Mud, the New Jersey-harvested muck that for decades has taken the sheen off the pearls that come out of the box.

 

[OFFNY]

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Charlie O. Finley's proposal, back in 1973 .......

 

 

 

 

40th Anniversary: The Orange Baseball Experiment

(By Chris Jaffe)

http://www.hardballtimes.com/tht-live/40th-anniversary-the-orange-baseball-experiment/

 

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[crissfan172]

I'm sure pitchers will loving hitters getting to see those bright white balls.