WORLD SERIES HOT TOPIC: WHY NOT STAMP 'EM TOP FLIGHT.Byline: Tom Hoffarth Staff Writer Is there any truth to the talk that the official Rawlings baseballs used during this World Series are smaller than the ones used during the regular season? According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. our calculations, yes. Using a Starrett digital caliper caliper Instrument that consists of two adjustable legs or jaws for measuring the dimensions of material parts. Spring calipers have an adjusting screw and nut; firm-joint calipers use friction at the joint to hold the legs unmoving. approved by the military to build precision weapons systems, we had three balls a pawnbroker's sign or shop. See also: Ball tested for size by a employee of Northrup's engineering department. Measuring the diameter of the ball over the meat side adjacent to the sweet spot - they aren't a perfect circle because of the raised stitching - the numbers came out this way: -- AL ball: 2.842 inches. -- NL ball: 2.835 inches. -- World Series ball: 2.815 inches. Specifically, the World Series ball is about 27/1,000th of an inch smaller, plus or minus .004, which is between 1/64th and 1/32nd of an inch, according to our expert. In theory, that smaller size alone would help a ball travel farther because of less wind resistance. The weights of the three balls all came in about the same - 145 grams, plus-or-minus 3 grams. Moisture and humidity play a factor in this calculation. The weight measurement was taken by a Starrett digital gram scale. Angels pitcher Troy Percival Troy Eugene Percival (born August 9, 1969 in Fontana, California) is a Major League Baseball reliever on the St. Louis Cardinals. Percival came out of retirement on June 8, 2007 when he signed a minor league deal with the Cardinals[1]. was one of the first to make the claim that the new balls were smaller and harder. ``When you squeeze it, you don't feel the compression you do with the balls used during the regular season,'' he said. According to Sandy Alderson Richard Lynn Alderson (born November 22, 1947 in Seattle, Washington) is the CEO of the Major League Baseball San Diego Padres. Prior to the Padres, Alderson worked for MLB's commissioner’s office, where he was executive vice president for baseball operations between , the executive vice president of baseball operations, there's no difference in these World Series balls produced in Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. last month. The shipment of 120 dozen balls arrived last week, he said. ``We might do a couple of spot checks to make sure they're the same,'' he said. ``But we don't plan any comprehensive tests. As far as we're concerned, the balls are the same as the ones we used all year. The only difference is the (World Series) stamp.'' Commissioner Bud Selig, who also insists the balls aren't juiced See Joost. See also juice. , said he's not bothered by comments by players from both the Angels and Giants who claim the balls are smaller and harder. ``This is America,'' he said. ``Everybody is entitled to their own opinion.'' And their own measuring tools. The Associated Press contributed to this story |
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