As this gradually became not only understood, but expected,Major League Baseballhas had to devote ever-increasing sums to invest in game balls. Whereas the baseball game in which Chapman was killed would have used perhaps three or four ballsat most, a modern game will churn throughbetween ...
“Every baseball used in a 2021 MLB game, without exception, met existing specifications and performed as expected,” said the statement. “MLB’s independent panel of experts and the Players Association were informed of this decision. The baseballs were fully within the specification range both be...
The Pioneer Leaguemoved away from Rawlings as its official supplier back in 2021; a strange move for an MLB Partner considering that MLB purchased Rawlings in 2018. You’ll recall that theAtlantic League, another Partner League, also uses OT Sports baseballs. Now the league has gone back to ...
All of the baseballs used in a Major League game are made in a single factory in the Costa Rican town of Turrialba. It’s been that way since the the late ‘80s when Rawlings, the official ball maker of Major League Baseball, moved production to the Central American nation from Haiti, ...
Data on the drag of MLB baseballs is now publicly available on Baseball Savant. The new Drag Dashboard shows how the drag on the balls used in Major League games -- which affects the distance the ball travels -- has changed both from season to season and
spot stamping remains the same but the color of the ink used alternates from red to blue. The blue ink 1979 baseball features the commemorative "76th World Series" logo. In 1980 the MLB logo is added to the red ink "World Series 1980" logo, and this basic design is continued to 1983...
Later, several players and executives claimed during the 2019 postseason that baseballs were traveling through the air differently than they had weeks earlier. While MLB said it used the same baseballs during the playoffs as it had during the regular season, a Baseball Prospectus analysis found that...
Founded by Eric Abneri, hallofcommemoratives.com is the premier location for commemorative baseball history, with a list of every commemorative ever used by MLB, and soon to be complete with the full gallery of every single commemorative ever made. ...
MLB responded to this recommendation prior to the 2018 season by mandating that all clubs store the balls in an air-conditioned and enclosed room with climate sensors that measure temperature and humidity. That data will be used to determine whether a humidor is necessary in individual storage ...
With some help frombaseball physicistAlan Nathan, I used those measurements to estimate the air resistance on the ball in each full month of MLB action since 2013, accounting for weather and altitude. If the ball has a lower drag coefficient, it ought to lead to longer fly balls and more ...