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#ICYMI - Baseball - Home Run Physics

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The Effects of Juice Baseball on Home Runs

Jeff Pearlman: The seams are flatter on a major league baseball. It's not necessarily how it affects off the bat I think it's more or less how the seams react in the air to create a slider or a curve ball. There has been some articles written and my name is associated with some of those articles because there was a big increase in home runs in the 2016 season. And actually interestingly it began around mid-season in 2015 and this so there's been ramparts ramparts speculation.

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