I'm beginning to wonder if MLB decided to juice up the ball again this year.

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Looking around at these scores, and again tonight, the lowest final score, the total is 8, lots of double digit finals...and the relief pitching seems to be in a shambles early in the year (which isn't helping)

I'm thinking MLB has doctored the ball again( like they have in the past 1987 for example)

The reason, to offset the steroid scandal, and after last years run production dropped way off, this would be the easiest way to cover it up.
 

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Journeyman said:
Looking around at these scores, and again tonight, the lowest final score, the total is 8, lots of double digit finals...and the relief pitching seems to be in a shambles early in the year (which isn't helping)

I'm thinking MLB has doctored the ball again( like they have in the past 1987 for example)

The reason, to offset the steroid scandal, and after last years run production dropped way off, this would be the easiest way to cover it up.

This does spark interesting thoughts.
 

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Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 24 BAL AL   8   16    3    7   1  0   1    2   0  0   1   3  .438  .471  .688   11   0   0   0   0   0
 1985 25 BAL AL 113  328   43   86   8  0  17   50   0  1  28  52  .262  .323  .442  145   1   1   2   2  15
 1986 26 BAL AL 112  338   42   92  17  1  18   60   2  0  21  56  .272  .317  .488  165   1   2   3   2  16
 1987 27 BAL AL 135  469   74  148  23  0  31   94   1  1  31  67  .316  .358  .563  264   0   5   1   3  16
 1988 28 BAL AL 136  452   38  104  19  1  10   47   1  6  42  72  .230  .302  .343  155   0   4   4   6  11
 1989 29 BAL AL 102  304   33   74  12  1   7   33   1  1  26  58  .243  .305  .359  109   0   5  10   3   4
 1990 30 DET AL 131  360   40   94  17  2  10   52   1  3  24  42  .261  .308  .403  145   0   4   2   2  13
 1993 33 SEA AL  11   17    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .118  .250  .176    3   0   0   0   1   2
 

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1987 was very good to Larry Sheets - see above, never did squat before or after.

That ball in '87 was juiced like no other regular season ball.....

I'm not counting those golfballs they use for All-Star game Homerun derby.
 

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Juiced ball to make up for juiceless players. I like it.:thumbsup2:
 

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Streoids, Jucied Ball, BAD Pitchers, Smaller Parks. National League on Record pace. Nuff said.
 

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Hey Fishy remember Wade Boggs in 1987?

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Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 24 BOS AL 104  338   51  118  14  1   5   44   1  0  35  21  .349  .406  .441  149   4   4   4   0   9
 1983 25 BOS AL 153  582  100  210  44  7   5   74   3  3  92  36  .361  .444  .486  283   3   7   2   1  15
 1984 26 BOS AL 158  625  109  203  31  4   6   55   3  2  89  44  .325  .407  .416  260   8   4   6   0  13
 1985 27 BOS AL 161  653  107  240  42  3   8   78   2  1  96  61  .368  .450  .478  312   3   2   5   4  20
 1986 28 BOS AL 149  580  107  207  47  2   8   71   0  4 105  44  .357  .453  .486  282   4   4  14   0  11
 1987 29 BOS AL 147  551  108  200  40  6  24   89   1  3 105  48  .363  .461  .588  324   1   8  19   2  13
 1988 30 BOS AL 155  584  128  214  45  6   5   58   2  3 125  34  .366  .476  .490  286   0   7  18   3  23
 1989 31 BOS AL 156  621  113  205  51  7   3   54   2  6 107  51  .330  .430  .449  279   0   7  19   7  19
 1990 32 BOS AL 155  619   89  187  44  5   6   63   0  0  87  68  .302  .386  .418  259   0   6  19   1  14
 1991 33 BOS AL 144  546   93  181  42  2   8   51   1  2  89  32  .332  .421  .460  251   0   6  25   0  16
 1992 34 BOS AL 143  514   62  133  22  4   7   50   1  3  74  31  .259  .353  .358  184   0   6  19   4  10
 1993 35 NYY AL 143  560   83  169  26  1   2   59   0  1  74  49  .302  .378  .362  203   1   9   4   0  10
 1994 36 NYY AL  97  366   61  125  19  1  11   55   2  1  61  29  .342  .433  .489  179   2   4   3   1  10
 1995 37 NYY AL 126  460   76  149  22  4   5   63   1  1  74  50  .324  .412  .422  194   0   7   5   0  13
 1996 38 NYY AL 132  501   80  156  29  2   2   41   1  2  67  32  .311  .389  .389  195   1   5   7   0  10
 1997 39 NYY AL 103  353   55  103  23  1   4   28   0  1  48  38  .292  .373  .397  140   2   4   3   0   3
 1998 40 TBD AL 123  435   51  122  23  4   7   52   3  2  46  54  .280  .348  .400  174   0   2   6   0  13
 1999 41 TBD AL  90  292   40   88  14  1   2   29   1  0  38  23  .301  .377  .377  110   0   4   2   0  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         9180      3010     61     1014     35     745  .328  .415  .443       29  96 180  23 236
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If the RX fixes me up with a "media pass thingy" I can show up at the ball factory in Turrialba and search for an answer :p
 

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SOMEHING i'VE ALWAYS WONDERED...ON THE OBVIOUS JUICED BALL YEARS...

WHO MAKES THIS CALL TO JUICE THE BALL?

IS IT A FLUKE, RAWLINGS JUST HAS NEW MACHINERY, EVERY SO OFTEN, THEY BOUGHT SOME CORK FROM ANOTHER PLANET?

I CANNOT SEE HOW OR WHO MAKES THIS DECISION, AND IT NEVER GETS OUT IN THE OPEN.....LIKE SOME GUY WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BALLS GOES ON 60 MINUTES AND TELLS THE WORLD ...REMEMBER THE ONE YEAR THE TESTED THE BALL, AND IT WAS CONCLUSIVE THAT THE BALL WAS JUICED.

START THINKING OVER FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
 

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Was just speaking about this myself with another poster here, Wagola. I do think that there is a good chance that this is happening. Look at all the runs and all of the homeruns. Would not surprise me.
 

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Journeyman said:
Looking around at these scores, and again tonight, the lowest final score, the total is 8, lots of double digit finals...and the relief pitching seems to be in a shambles early in the year (which isn't helping)

I'm thinking MLB has doctored the ball again( like they have in the past 1987 for example)

The reason, to offset the steroid scandal, and after last years run production dropped way off, this would be the easiest way to cover it up.

The truth behind hte baseball/steroids story. Ask Luis Gonzalez and Steve Finley. Great post JMan
 

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WC Bias said:
The truth behind hte baseball/steroids story. Ask Luis Gonzalez and Steve Finley. Great post JMan

:missingte if they combine for 75-80 again this year or ANYTIME ever again we have a developing situation:drink:
 
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It has been very warm(and dry?) for a lot of the country the last couple of weeks. It matters a lot at Coors, not really sure about elsewhere.
 

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Maybe the biggest sign so far.

Bronson Arroyo former AL pitcher, with two bombs already! :missingte

He was quoted saying he's never hit more than two homers in any baseball season in his life.
 

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Once they're done throwing Bonds to the wolves everything will calm down, at least until the next guy approaches the "holier than thou" Babe Ruth.
 

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What happened in 1987? Did they prove the ball was juiced that year?

How do you exactly juice ball?
 

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Bennyshoe said:
What happened in 1987? Did they prove the ball was juiced that year?

How do you exactly juice ball?
Was wondering the same thing,how do you "juice "a ball ?
 

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