Bleacher Report · Oct 16, 2019
A De-Juiced Ball Conspiracy Hangs over the MLB Postseason
Your bat might not be the problem, Didi Gregorius.It sure would be nice to watch some baseball without having to worry about the actual baseball.
That hasn't been possible in recent seasons because of how Major League Baseball's record-setting home run rates have seemingly been fueled by a juiced ball. And it's not possible now during the 2019 postseason because the ball has seemingly been de-juiced.
There's been a surge of fly balls that look like sure goners until they suddenly die at the warning track. For example, take when New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius just missed a three-run homer off Houston Astros ace Gerrit Cole in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series: