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Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
Uh oh!

MLB was fucking around with not just two, but THREE types of balls in 2022!

One was juiced, one was midgrade, and one was dead. It was found that these balls were distributed mostly randomly, EXCEPT the midgrade one was used for the postseason, and guess which team also got it most of the time?

Yep... the Yankees.

There is now a belief that this was on purpose, in order to create an exciting HR chase for Judge.

https://www.si.com/mlb/yankees/news/...home-run-chase


Yankees may have overpaid even more than they think.
LOL baseball. I loved it growing up but can't imagine watching it anymore.

Especially if your team sucks like 2/3 of the league, how the fuck do you keep people interested in 2022?

I went to a Rockies/Brewers game in Denver this year as a rest day activity between climbs and it was the most boring thing I've done since going to a Twins game in Minneapolis the year before.

Should be doing everything possible to liven up the game, let them take steroids again, juice balls etc.
Yes Rockies/Brewers sounds awful.

I went to a Rockies/Dodgers game in July 2021 in Denver, and most of the fans were there for the Dodgers. I'm not kidding. Sounded like a Dodgers home game. Was also hot and humid, even though it was a night game.

The big (and stupidly awarded) TV contracts from a decade or so ago are what is driving the huge contracts awarded. This fucks small market teams without such contracts. I'm a little confused how the Padres are spending like they are, because they aren't a big TV market (#27, just ahead of Baltimore).