Comments on: Did they mess with the balls this year? http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ta192 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-125206 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:35:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-125206 Baseball has realized that they need something to take the place of steroids??????????

]]> By: feartherallythong http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-125077 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:26:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-125077 My main takeaway from this post is that not nearly enough people have seen “The Princess Bride”, or have not seen it enough times…
BTW, the book is even better than the movie!

]]> By: spindervish http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-125061 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:55:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-125061 Also, it’s a movie reference. Though I think the actual line is “We are men of action…”

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-125038 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:04:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-125038 you are not alone

]]> By: fearlessleader http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-125031 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:52:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-125031 I stand in awe of your hilarity.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-125025 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:41:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-125025 That’s an oxymoron. :-)

]]> By: fearlessleader http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-125012 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:19:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-125012 Um, Craig? Some of us are WOMEN of action.

]]> By: Matthew Flint http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124960 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:05:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124960 You don’t think some JoeSchmo making nothing would like his five seconds of fame. I sure do. I think that someone would be more than willing to talk. The factory owner wouldn’t but I bet his employees would love to get their ugly mug on Sportscenter.

]]> By: pheagles http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124958 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:03:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124958 If they did juice the balls, they forgot to tell Albert.

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124953 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:49:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124953

Did they mess with the balls this year?

Not sure, I’ve been a bit busy with Barry so I couldn’t tell you either way.

Sincerely,

Orchidometer

]]> By: Dan in Katonah http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124951 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:45:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124951 Could this be the same bullpen catcher who gets paid to eat guys’ boogers and get punched in the nuts?

]]> By: luckywi http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124950 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:42:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124950 Didn’t this come up a few years back? And Bud tried to blame the factory then? Yep, I’m sure it’s some guy making a nickle an hour who wan’t more home runs. Not bud.

]]> By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124949 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:35:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124949 They been messing with Barry’s berries all season long.

]]> By: O.Handwasher http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124948 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:34:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124948 You have six fingers on your right hand. Someone was looking for you…

]]> By: Craig Calcaterra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124943 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:32:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124943 Why would they? If there’s a scandal, baseball will throw the factory under the bus for not following MLB standards, they’ll change manufacturers and the whistleblower will be out of a job.

]]> By: Matthew Flint http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124939 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:29:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124939 Don’t they think that if the factory producing these balls for God knows how long suddenly was told to change the way they did it that at least one employee would come out and say it? Or did Chipper come up with this theory? Idiots

]]> By: heynerdlinger http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124935 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:23:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124935 Hasn’t this happened enough in the past that someone, somewhere, tests the coefficient of restitution every year?

]]> By: Professor Longnose http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124932 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:18:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124932 It doesn’t have to be a conspiracy. Maybe the baseballs are harder this year because the latest batch of pseudo-poly-goo-ylene they used was a point below last year’s on the Goo Index but still within quality control norms.

]]> By: heynerdlinger http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124930 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:16:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124930 As long as we’re dabbling in fantasy, could juicing the balls maybe help MLB in the upcoming labor negotiations? If the specter of rising-steroid-use looms on the horizon, would MLB have additional leverage over the union either for testing or otherwise?

]]> By: sometimesphylan http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124929 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:15:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124929 I’d expect to hear something like that from a pitcher first, anyway. And I’d be more likely to believe it coming from one.

]]> By: minnesconsin http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/05/did-they-mess-with-the-balls-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124928 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:14:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=49573#comment-124928 if the ball’s juiced, my local creme-filled nine most certainly did not get the memo.

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