About Those "Juiced" Baseballs...

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🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

With the World Series about to begin, we check in with Dr. Meredith Wills, an astrophysicist, about one of this season's biggest storylines -- the record-setting number of home runs and the allegedly "juiced" baseballs. Wells has been studying MLB balls for years, and she explains her findings. Plus, we check in with The Athletic's Jayson Stark about how the balls used in the World Series might affect the teams involved, and we look at how the Astros and Nationals match up against one another.

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0:00.0	First of all, it could be the...
0:08.0	My condolences on the Yankees.
0:10.2	Are you recovered yet?
0:11.8	What kind of a question is that?
0:12.8	No, no, I am not recovered.
0:14.8	There is no recovering from a loss like that.
0:17.2	Okay, okay.
0:18.2	But with the Yankees out, what that means is we are now at the pinnacle of October baseball.
0:23.7	Game one of the World Series is tomorrow with the Astros facing the Nationals.
0:28.3	The Astros.
0:29.7	Yep.
0:30.7	And one of the big storylines this season has, of course, been the actual baseball.
0:35.3	Boy, this ball is hammered.
0:39.3	Hey, sorry.
0:41.3	Why, after the long run, Purch.
0:45.3	Oh!
0:46.3	In the regular season, players hit 6,776 home runs.
0:52.0	That was 21% higher than last year.
0:55.4	And all of this has led to speculation that the ball has once again been juiced.
1:01.2	I know why they're juicing the ball because they want more home runs.
1:05.1	They want more offense.
1:06.4	They want more buzz.
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