In other important, somewhat strange baseball news, the commissioner's office has announced that balls must be stored at a uniform temperature after they are delivered from the manufacturer. Rawlings has recommended the baseballs be stored at 70 degrees with 50% humidity. This decision comes after much debate concerning the humidor installed at Coors Field.
Some players have complained in the past about the humidor balls, specifically, new Minnesota Twins third baseman, Jeff Cirillo. He played for the Colorado Rockies from 2000-2001 and claims the baseballs stored at Coors are spongy, big and water-logged. He even went so far as to accuse the club of cheating, somehow.
This would be true if they were trying not to produce runs.
The ballpark ranked first in the majors in scoring from its conception in 1995 until 2002. Curiously, the organization installed the humidor in 2002, and has seen the collective scoring average drop every season since then, down to just over 10 runs per game last season, their lowest ever. The ballpark's scoring average peaked at fifteen in 1996.
Every one's all square now, Jeff. All 30 clubs will have humidors installed next season, so everyone will suck equally.
Major League Baseball also told clubs they may only use balls manufactured in the current year.
[MLB] | [Jeff Cirillo's Rant]
2 comments:
Am I missing something? Cirillo's argument makes no sense.
Yeah. It's backasswards.
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