Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Japan baseball chiefs admit lying over ball change
(www.bangkokpost.com)
Kunio Shimoda…I hear the Trost - Levine regime is hiring.
Read More...After months of denial and an inexplicably huge surge in home runs, Japan’s baseball chiefs have admitted they secretly switched the design of the ball to make the game more exciting.
Players and fans had repeatedly quizzed Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) bosses after seeing a 40 percent rise in the number of balls that were slugged out of the park so far this season.
In April NPB said the specifications of their ball—each of which ...
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