SURPRISE, Ariz. - Kenny Rogers and Doug Brocail pitched in a Triple A game on Sunday in Surprise, and the first thing they noticed was the baseballs are different than the ones being used in major league camp.
Rogers and Brocail both insisted that the major league baseballs definitely favor the hitter.
Rogers and Brocail said major league baseballs are much harder and have lower seams. A baseball with higher seams is easier to grip and get more movement.
"I got a callous on my finger from throwing one," Brocail said. "I had to throw all fastballs."
"I grabbed one of those balls and said you've got to be kidding," Rogers said. "There's a big adjustment when you come up from Triple A. You have to get used to a whole new baseball."
If Rogers and Brocail are correct and you add that to the players taking steroids to hit the ball farther, you have to conclude that baseball has traded its rich history for the quick buck. They're just a decade behind the baseball card manufacturers that ruined the hobby with overproduction in the 1980s.
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