Posted by Tim Grabeal Is this report real? We will follow it. The press release says this:According to the League's specifications, "the pill of the baseball shall consist of a compressed cork sphere surrounded by one layer of black rubber and one layer of red rubber." The League does not specify a synthetic rubber ring or any additional material. "Examining the CT images of Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball one can clearly see the synthetic ring around the core -- or 'pill' -- of the baseball," states David Zavagno, president of Universal Medical Systems. "While Mark McGuire may or may not have used illegal steroids, the evidence shows his ball -- under the governing body of the League -- was juiced." Again, we don't know if this is a hoax or is real. This story has been picked up by some media outlets, like the Cincy Post and ABC News. Update #3. We see ESPN (late as usual. LOL) has something on this story. "Examining the CT images of Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball one can clearly see the synthetic ring around the core -- or 'pill' -- of the baseball," UMS president David Zavagno said. "While Mark McGwire may or may not have used illegal steroids, the evidence shows his ball -- under the governing body of the league -- was juiced."
on 1/15/2007, 22:23:12
Is this serious? A report found here at PRS Newswire says that a CT scan of Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball is juiced. Not only will there be concerns about McGwire on 'roids, but that the baseball itself was juiced.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball from his record-breaking 1998 season contains a synthetic rubber ring or spring ("the ring") -- a material not outlined in official Major League Baseball ("the League") specifications. The ring and enlarged rubberized core of the baseball are clearly visualized in a computed tomography (CT) scan of the baseball conducted by Universal Medical Systems, Inc. of Ohio (UMS), a worldwide innovator of diagnostic imaging technology for various industries.
UMS, with assistance from Dr. Avrami S. Grader and Dr. Philip M.
Halleck from The Center for Quantitative Imaging at Penn State University, utilized a CT scanner to study additional League baseballs from 1998 and found the baseballs have significantly enlarged cores in a variety of shapes and sizes.
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