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MLB Increases Security After “Deflategate”

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past week or so, you’re probably familiar with the phrase “deflategate” and the overkill of its scrutiny. Well regardless of your stance on the subject, and the outcome of Ted Wells Report, the MLB has instituted precautions to prevent something like this happening in baseball. The beefed up security on hand will oversee the baseballs being transferred from the locker room to the field.

The new policy will include an MLB security official to watch the baseballs while clubhouse attendants carry them onto the field. If the on the field supply is running low, the MLB official will go get more from the clubhouse, where in the past this duty would have been the responsibility of a ball girl or bat boy.