All Rise For The Judge

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  1. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    I mean how far the ball travels when they connect. Not just talking about Judge or Stanton but the HR's are way up in general in MLB.
     
  2. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Probably some of all. Juiced baseballs, juiced players, all variables
     
  3. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

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    I heard this year's balls were slightly different, might be a factor,.. the ball's stitching is higher, seems like it would benefit pitchers, didn't though,.. in fact, the raised stitching's biggest impact was causing chronic finger blisters amongst starting pitchers. The balls at the extreme edge of being out of compliance, were more plentiful, might be a factor.

    It's thought that a new hitting philosophy catching on has had the largest impact on HR numbers,.. Batting coaches are instructing their players to use more of an upper-cut swing now.
     
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  4. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Yesterday when Didi Gregorius hit a home run Yankees play by play announcer John Sterling said "This is the dawning of the age of Gregorius."
     
  5. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    Lol I still can't stand to listen to him.

    Astros tied for first. How many have they lost of the last 8 or 10 games. Boston is 50 games above 500?
     
  6. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Just got out of a bases loaded jam in the 6th. Winning today is of huge importance.
     

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