(07-27-2017 02:32 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  21 homers ties his career high. Rendon has reached base safely in every game in July and is hitting over .400 for the month. Of course those aren't close to Jose Altuve-type numbers but they're not shabby.

You can't tell me that something isn't going on with the balls this year (or the bats - or maybe both). The offensive numbers in both leagues is crazy.

You're right - I can't. Neither can some other folks who've taken a pretty close look at it.

Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer and Mitchel Lichtman Wrote:The testing revealed significant differences in balls used after the 2015 All-Star break in each of the components that could affect the flight of the ball, in the directions we would have expected based on the massive hike in home run rate.