Question About Baseballs Used During MLB Games
Why do they ask for a new ball after every pitch in the dirt, but keep using a ball that was hit for an out? What exactly happens to a ball that is pitched in the dirt that warrants throwing it out for a new one?
Scratch marks. Alters ball movement on next pitch.
Barry bonds
Sorry wrong thread
I swear I've heard a pitcher say once he would reuse a ball after getting an out cuz it was good luck. Any wild pitch or hit he'd ask for a new one.
superstition.
Originally Posted by Smoke
Sorry wrong thread
Seems a pitcher would want that ball.Scratch marks. Alters ball movement on next pitch.
Not if he is trying to paint the corners and the ball keeps going out of the strike zone.Seems a pitcher would want that ball.
