Recently I read an article about the research in the changes of baseball. The research was conducted by Pennsylvania University, the tests they did were trying to prove if the actual baseball has changed from when 1960's to now. The scientists dissected the baseball's and measured the baseball's densities. What they found was what they had predicted. The baseball from this era is much denser than that of a ball from 1960. Also they compared it to the time when the former home run king Hank Aaron played to now when Barry Bonds the new home run king played. The results were as expected because as the ball gets denser, the farther it goes and that explains why Barry Bonds has had more home runs. But also we have to take into consideration is if the pitchers these days are better than those of 40 years ago, also the technology of the new wooden bats. A connection I made while reading this article is the fact why Barry Bonds has more and why, and now it makes sense that he has more home runs.
University of Pensylvania, Changes In Baseball. 22 Feb 2009 http://steroids-and-baseball.com/changing-baseball.shtml
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