Numlock Sunday: Stephanie Apstein on the biggest scandal in sports
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By Walt Hickey Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition. This week, I spoke to Stephanie Apstein who wrote “‘This Should Be the Biggest Scandal in Sports'” for Sports Illustrated with her colleague Alex Prewitt. Here's what I wrote about it: The league-wide Major League Baseball batting average has fallen to
Does the sticky stuff affect fielding of the ball as well? I have noticed a lot of what I call bouncy ball behavior this year. Fielders have difficulty on the exchange of the ball from glove to hand; balls bounce away after being caught etc. Maybe I am paying better attention after all these years of watching, but it does seem to be more prevalent so far this season than in the past.
Does the sticky stuff affect fielding of the ball as well? I have noticed a lot of what I call bouncy ball behavior this year. Fielders have difficulty on the exchange of the ball from glove to hand; balls bounce away after being caught etc. Maybe I am paying better attention after all these years of watching, but it does seem to be more prevalent so far this season than in the past.