hi8is Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Anyone else see this article that talks about ball doctoring for pitchers? Check it out It’s almost equivalent to a steroids era bomb or the Astros scandal IMO. Really shines a light into the “elite spin rates” we have long wondered about. Put this here because it seems important and the general MLB forum is closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Saw the title and thought it was about how to fix testicular torsion. ? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogan873 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, ptatc said: Saw the title and thought it was about how to fix testicular torsion. ? Either that or a porno. "I can see that you're not feeling well, ma'am. What you need is a visit from The Ball Doctor." *zipper unzips* Edited January 8, 2021 by hogan873 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) 38 minutes ago, hogan873 said: Either that or a porno. "I can see that you're not feeling well, ma'am. What you need is a visit from The Ball Doctor." *zipper unzips* It is a long forgotten fact that the "elite spin rate" was a sexual move popularized in the porn industry by John Holmes in the 1970's. Edited January 8, 2021 by wegner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Reminds me of when I was a teen poster here and intended to start a topic on John Hughes movies but accidentally wrote John Holmes movies and people were like ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 When the seems of the ball were essentially removed this took its place. I'd like to see a spin rate study on a ball with raised laces v the current ball. My guess is the current ball travels further with the lower almost nonexistent laces compared to the raised version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Harry Chappas said: When the seems of the ball were essentially removed this took its place. I'd like to see a spin rate study on a ball with raised laces v the current ball. My guess is the current ball travels further with the lower almost nonexistent laces compared to the raised version. The laces or doctoring the ball allows for better spin rates thus better movement. Once people started focusing on spin rates it was inevitable that doctoring the ball would become more popular to artificially increase the spin rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Some interesting names in that bunch, including the White Sox clubhouse being referred to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I hope that guy wins the lawsuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Every pitcher doctors the baseball. They may as well make it legal because it's almost impossible to enforce unless they're dumb enough to put it on their face like Michael Pineda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Yeah I think this is pretty common now. If you haven't seen this video, it's interesting - How is Trevor Bauer Cheating And Why Nobody Cares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominikk85 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 hour ago, bmags said: I hope that guy wins the lawsuit. He should absolutely win and it sucks they scapegoat him but he probably is still done in baseball because privacy and trust is very important to mlb players and if he gives names of pitchers on court to prove that anyone does it they will be really pissed at him. He can probably get a settlement payment but I don't see how he can continue to work in baseball after naming offenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 34 minutes ago, Markbilliards said: Yeah I think this is pretty common now. If you haven't seen this video, it's interesting - How is Trevor Bauer Cheating And Why Nobody Cares It always cracks me up when a pitcher says he wants to work on increasing his spin rate. What he's really saying is he wants to find a better way to cheat. It would be refreshing to hear someone say "rather than using rosin and pine tar I'm going to experiment with firm grip and bullfrog sunblock. Maybe grow my hair out and load up on the hair spray." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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