In this bonus episode, host Matt Moret interviews Dr. Meredith Wills, a sports data scientist and astrophysicist who has spent the last several years tearing MLB baseballs to shreds. Dr. Wills has researched how changes to baseball manufacturing are affecting home run rates and pitch control. For the season finale of Field Study, Moret and Dr. Wills discuss her discoveries and the right way to break a baseball.

 

Find a full transcript of this episode here: https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/field-study-podcast/mlb-baseball-construction-home-run-boom/