Amateur Hour

And while this is, of course, infinitely less important than the loathsome corporate entity known as "MLB" dodging and weaving on abuse of women, the Times also ran another piece the other day presenting another truckload of evidence that the baseballs have been changed for the postseason.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/sports/baseball/mlb-baseball-juiced.html

It's bad enough that the balls are juiced or "un-juiced" over the years.  Now, we're talking about juicing them during the season and then un-juicing them for the playoffs????  Why?

MLB, of course, is not talking.  This is a cartel more addicted to covering up than Tricky Dick Nixon.  It is ALWAYS their automatic, default reaction to anything.

MLB may be deliberately messing with the balls for any number of reasons—most likely, in this case, something to do with being able to squeeze in still more TV ads thanks to less extended action on the field.  Or this is purely amateur hour, with the balls being obtained from somewhere new, most likely for some tiny savings some beancounter has come up with.

Corrupt or incompetent?  You make the call.

It's the regular state of business (and almost everything else) in America today, conspiracy chasing screw-up all the way down the slide, to a society where any sense of judgement or meaning is rapidly fading.

True, the integrity of baseball is a very minor matter, compared to, say, preserving reality.  But it still stinks.  How are professionals supposed to play a game where the equipment can change during a season, on the whim of the owners?

And how is it that everyone who has any money in this country decided that it's always better to lie than to risk losing so much as a dollar of it?