How exactly are baseballs juiced?

[RP]

I hear that phrase in baseball alot. " The Balls are juiced ". How does one juice a baseball?

Is there like scientific evidence of a juiced baseball?

Have they ever opened up a baseball full of juice? :shifty:

[Joey Slugs]

it's just a way to describe how the balls have tighter wound cores so they jump off the bats at a higher speed.

[RP]

I see. So is that true? Is that a big factor in Hr's being hit? HR's seem to be down since Barry Balco Bonds isnt playing.:shifty:

[Joey Slugs]

we have been in the "live ball" era for a long time now. really has nothing to do with HRs being down from just one year to the next.

Dead Ball Era 1900 - 1920 (http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_ball_era)

Live Ball Era 1920 - Present (http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Ball_Era)

[samichna]

Youtr links are messed up man.

Here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Ball_Era

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_ball_era

[Joey Slugs]

thanks for the back up samichna :y:

i don't know what went wrong.

[VonErich Lives]

Actually, there has been talk during the "live ball era" besides roids, that in an effort to make the game more exciting after a nasty strike/lockout and get back fans, that the ball was "wraped tighter" which causes it to go further off the bat.