“These baseballs are sick”: Michael Lorenzen condemns Major League for slickness of baseballs
Michael Lorenzen and Justin Upton
Michael Lorenzen, a right-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels took upon a squabble with the Major League for he feels that the balls have a different slickness to them. Such issues towards the baseballs have been a major issue recently for the players. Seattle Mariners outfielder Justin Upton got hit in the head by a pitch on Friday.
Justin Upton was hit in the head in the fifth inning on the same day he was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma. Seattle manager Scott Servais said Upton seemed to be OK. Michael Lorenzen said the ball “slipped” out of his hands while he was throwing it.
Baseball manipulation accusations and the crackdown of “sticky stuff” was a serious issue of conversation last season. MLB players were denied using any substance to get a better grip on a baseball and required pitchers to go through a check with the umpires after each inning.
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Michael Lorenzen hits Justin Upton on the head, assures it slipped
“I don’t know what Major League Baseball is playing with these baseballs, but that fully slipped out of my hand. It’s just crazy man,” Lorenzen told reporters after the game, via the SoCal News Group. “As a kid, you think Major League Baseball is the greatest thing ever, and you get here, and you realize, what are they doing? All of a sudden, they’re going to change the baseballs. …
“These baseballs are slick. They did get someone hurt. So that’s on Major League Baseball for sure. I don’t know what’s going on. These baseballs are straight out of the package.”
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New York Mets Pitcher Chris Bassitt also had his opinion on the baseballs used, “It’s extremely annoying to see your teammates constantly get hit, and if you get hit by certain pitches it is what it is, but to get hit in the head the amount that we’re getting hit is unbelievable,” Bassitt said. “I had some close calls tonight, and I’ve been hit in the face [by a line drive] and I don’t want to do that to anybody ever, but MLB has a very big problem with the baseballs. They’re bad. Everyone in the league knows it. Every pitcher knows it. They’re bad.
“They don’t care. MLB doesn’t give a damn about it. They don’t care. We’ve told them our problems with them, and they don’t care.”
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