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Everyone knows the Steroid Era and the juicing that ran rampant through the game. Now, we’re living through and serving witnesses to a new kind of juicing: the juicing of the very baseballs used in MLB games.
Major League Baseball will alter the balls used in 2021, according to a release from the league. After a record number of home runs in 2019, a study showed that seam height inconsistencies led to less drag on baseballs, allowing them to travel through the air with reduced resistance. Now, the Padres and every other team will wait and see what the changes will mean on the field.