CLEVELAND — Launch angles. Exit velocities. Distance calculators.
Break out the tape measures, folks. Major League Baseball’s credibility is flying far, far away.
As the second half of the season gets underway, division races will begin to heat up, award contenders will continue to separate themselves and talk around the league of manipulated baseballs — well, it just won’t quit.
“It’s a [expletive] joke,” Astros pitcher Justin Verlander, Tuesday’s All-Star Game starter for the American League, told ESPN. “Major League Baseball is turning this game into a joke.”
Teams are averaging 1.37 home runs per game in 2019, up from a record 1.