M.L.B. Will Change Its Baseballs After Record Home Run Rates

[grampahol]

Quote:After years of fielding questions about record home run rates and variations in its baseballs, Major League Baseball informed its 30 teams in a memorandum on Friday of changes to the balls — and how they will be handled — for the 2021 season. Chief among the differences will be a slightly reduced weight and slightly decreased bounciness, the latter of which could reduce home runs.

...and softer bats.. 
Article from the New York Times.. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/sports/baseball/mlb-change-baseball-rawlings.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces&block=trending_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=45450826&impression_id=5827fcb0-6e40-11eb-b90a-d14d63a54269&index=0&pgtype=Article&region=footer&req_id=502666867&surface=most-popular-story&variant=0_bandit-all-surfaces

I wonder if they considered softer heads as well.. 

[guyofthetiger]

Well, the era of home runs and strike outs might finally be over. I would enjoy the ball being in play more often.

[grampahol]

Actually I'm kind of ambivalent about it. On one hand I like homeruns especially when the reds knock em out, but I'm not so crazy about the bad guys hitting them. I would like to see more small ball in the game, bunting and all around fundamentals executed. Somehow though I suspect the Reds lack the adequate players to defend a lot more small ball plays..