CLEVELAND — Something wasn’t flying Tuesday afternoon in answers to questions why so many baseballs are.
Baseball’s top two leaders, commissioner Rob Manfred and players union chief Tony Clark, had quite the opposite answers when asked about whether the production of the ball had anything to do with the proliferation of home runs.
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Clark, speaking first in a session with the Baseball Writers Association of America, said, “I believe that the ball suddenly changed and I don’t know why.