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In response to "17 ABs isn't a large enough sample size in baseball to prove *anything*." by Reagen

also, Jim, I think MLB is just acknowleding reality with the changing balls things

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Aug 4 '10, 09:00

people are going to try and cash in regardless, so why not stop any potential fights?

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Sure. But to me, I say screw those guys. Put your ball on Ebay and people will either believe it's real and bid or not. - Jim Aug 4, 09:03 26
- It's really not so much about helping the guy with the actual ball as it is stopping the guys with the fake balls. - Ender Aug 4, 09:13 2
  - Well said. (nm) - zombie musubi Aug 4, 09:34
  - A good NY Times article on MLB's authentication program. -- (link) - Ender Aug 4, 09:21
- sure, but what about foul balls hit with that ball? - groiny Aug 4, 09:12 2
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    - ugh. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 4, 09:13
- It's not only about auction. It's about authenticating stuff. Like if a fan wants to donate ARod's 600th HR ball to the HOF, it benefits MLB to be - zombie musubi Aug 4, 09:10 14
  - I'm also not sure why they're so crazy about ARod's 600th. How many of them are tainted? How many "real" homers does he have? - Jim Aug 4, 09:11 13
    - None of them are tainted anymore than Hank Aaron's HRs were tainted by greenies, or Ruth's HRs were tainted by segregation. - zombie musubi Aug 4, 09:14 11
      - Then why are the steroid guys considered cheaters? -- nm - Jim Aug 4, 09:16 10
        
        I don't like them, but I don't consider them cheaters. The HRs are on the books, they're legit. (nm) - zombie musubi Aug 4, 09:20 3
        
        like it or not, baseball did not test, so players took advantage.... - groiny Aug 4, 09:22 2
        
        That one is a much uglier can of worms. (nm) - zombie musubi Aug 4, 09:28 1
        
        besides that he got busted, he also quit on his team. - groiny Aug 4, 09:29
        
        who considers them cheaters? - groiny Aug 4, 09:18 5
        
        HOF voters, for one. Many current and retired players. Writers, reporters. Seriously? McGwire and bonds are thought to be the biggest cheaters in - Jim Aug 4, 09:19 4
        
        HOF voters also voted Jim Rice in before Bert Blylevin. They get lots of stuff wrong. (nm) - zombie musubi Aug 4, 09:21
        
        HOF voters are retards. - groiny Aug 4, 09:21 2
        
        No they didn't...so I guess it's cool then. Carry on. -- nm - Jim Aug 4, 09:22 1
        
        You can not segregate them for cheating when they never tested - groiny Aug 4, 09:24
    - throw them in their own special wing in the HOF for the "steroid era" - groiny Aug 4, 09:13
- That's what I say. Baseball should take a disinterested stance in how fans profit. Baseball should just be about playing the game. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 09:07 4
  - More than any other sport, history, lore and records are important to the fabric of the game. I think MLB has a reasonable interest in maintaining - zombie musubi Aug 4, 09:12 2
    - Yet so many of their recent records are so tainted...I don't know how they can still be considered "fabric of the game". - Jim Aug 4, 09:13 1
      - they went through this in the reverse with the "dead ball" era.... - groiny Aug 4, 09:14
  - Baseball suffers from PR fallout when idiots try to profit. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 09:12

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