February 10th, 2021 at 9:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Well, he’s at it again.
On Tuesday morning, it was publicized (and socialized) that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is once again trying to fix what isn’t broken.
This time, Major League Baseball’s oft-criticized top executive is changing the physical characteristics of the ball that was used during the (very) successful 2020 season and postseason after (apparently) believing that it was too lively. Check this out:
There is certainly no denying that there were a lot of home runs hit during the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season and postseason, but let’s be honest here, it was GREAT! … unless, of course, you were the one serving up those home runs, as noted by Dodgers left-hander David Price, who, ironically, did not make a single pitch in 2020. The Dodgers lefty posted this reply to SI’s tweet, which generated this brief – but humorous – exchange between Price and future Hall of Famer Mike Trout:
As Dodger fans know, their World Series champions hit an MLB-best 118 home runs in 2020. In other words, the baseball is just fine the way it is, Rob.
(Video capture courtesy of Fox Sports)
Hey Rob – “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”
Play Ball!
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aside from the home run derby results the last few years, i think Rich Hill and Walker Buehler, along with a whole lot of other blistered pitchers, would disagree with you.
Leave the fricking game alone Rob you jerk. worst commissioner in the history of MLB. Put that in your pipe and puff on it.
Every time the ball changes things go out of control. In fact the ball changed last year, even though it was not supposed to. That was why we had so many home runs. Remember – they were making better balls and were able to center the weight better so it didn’t wobble as much. So how did that change happen without MLB knowing about it? Manfred acts like the league is his toy to mess with as he pleases. The three batter minimum rule, the no pitching walk rule, haven’t sped up the game and make it less interesting. The extra playoff round in 2020 was really stupid. We used to have a commissioner who was a guardian of the game. Now we have Manfred who is a guardian of the money, and who careens willy-hilly through the delicate brilliance of “90 feet between bases” that Red Smith so correctly called perfect. Among my friends we laugh that Bud Selig was a schmuck, but at least he knew he was a schmuck. Manfred is so much worse.
I should also add that in that same column Red Smith called baseball a game of inches – yes he was the one. So if baseball is a game of inches why is Manfred changing the home run distance by 5 feet. Sort of like trying to kill a mouse with a Howitzer.