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  • 'Juiced ball' report finds manufacturing subtleties affecting MLB baseballs

    Dec 13, 2019 10:30 am by New York Daily NewsIllinois in the News
    MLB baseballs in a bowl on the playing field. photo by Charlie Riedel/AP

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    New York Daily News (Dec. 11)  60% of the surge in home runs was attributable to a decrease in drag and 40% to a change in 'launch conditions,' says Alan Nathan, Illinois' expert on the physics of baseball.