Yesterday I wrote about Major League Baseball’s decision to “slightly deaden” the ball for 2021. I had a hard time containing my snark as I recreated the timeline for the shenanigans that we have all seen with the baseball over the past five seasons but I begrudgingly gave MLB partial credit for some much needed transparency about one of the most important pieces of equipment in the game.
I might have spoken too soon.
Mere hours after I submitted my story for publication, Stephanie Apstein and Dr. Meredith Wills published an absolute bombshell about the baseball in Sports Illustrated.