Pre-tacked ball

[jacksonianmarch]

MLB tested their pre-tacked ball in AAA for the final 10 days of the season. Results aren’t being shared with the public, but having a pre-tacked ball will be on the docket for the CBA. It makes sense to have a standardized ball for everyone. To say we are going back to what it was is disingenuous. Pitchers have used sunscreen, rosin, pine tar, etc for 100+ years

[moonslav59]

MLB tested their pre-tacked ball in AAA for the final 10 days of the season. Results aren’t being shared with the public, but having a pre-tacked ball will be on the docket for the CBA. It makes sense to have a standardized ball for everyone. To say we are going back to what it was is disingenuous. Pitchers have used sunscreen, rosin, pine tar, etc for 100+ years

 

Even if they come up with something, pitchers will still find something to add that makes their grip more to their liking.

[notin]

It all starts with a pre-tacked ball, but next thing you know MLB teams will be using pre-roided players, raising them from infancy on special farms and feeding them nothing but a steady diet of Stanozolol and HGH.

 

Too subtle?

[notin]

Even if they come up with something, pitchers will still find something to add that makes their grip more to their liking.

 

Technically, that is where we are now. But maybe it is time to get away from the mud, as maybe it is not providing enough grip. Since many teams have been using chemists to develop newer and better gripping substances, maybe these teams should stop being so secretive with their proprietary discoveries, and the league can settle one or two of the best ones...

[moonslav59]

Technically, that is where we are now. But maybe it is time to get away from the mud, as maybe it is not providing enough grip. Since many teams have been using chemists to develop newer and better gripping substances, maybe these teams should stop being so secretive with their proprietary discoveries, and the league can settle one or two of the best ones...

 

That sounds good, but that won't end the search for better and better substances by teams and pitchers.

[Bellhorn04]

Yes, this does make sense.

[notin]

That sounds good, but that won't end the search for better and better substances by teams and pitchers.

 

It will if we get all the chemists together with their discoveries, determine the best one scientifically, and then execute all the chemists. Search is over...

[moonslav59]

It will if we get all the chemists together with their discoveries, determine the best one scientifically, and then execute all the chemists. Search is over...

 

Someone will always seek better and better.