http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/07/13/pitchings-youth-movement-more-trend-than-fluke/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/07/13/pitchings-youth-movement-more-trend-than-fluke/comment-page-1/#comment-59290 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:09:03 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=7443#comment-59290 Prior to this season, MLB installed new “tamper-proof” humidifiers in all major league parks. For the first time since they were required in 2006, all MLB teams are playing with a baseball with the same humidity. MLB regularly checks the humidifiers. One game with a bunch of homers triggers an inspection by MLB’s ‘humidifier police’. This is a response to the ‘abuse’ by the Yankees last year. To pump the new stadium, the Yankees used drier baseballs and the homers at the new Yankee stadium were off the chart. This is why this is the year of the pitcher. Over next winter, MLB will quietly (yes, there will an official annoucement that will be ignored by all the sportswriters, bloggers, and other gossip wirters that follow the game) lower the percentage of water in the baseball by a couple of percent and the hitters will come back into form.

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