Will more offense be produced with the flat seam baseball approved for the NCAA Division I championship starting in 2015? (poll 7539846)

Will more offense be produced with the flat seam baseball approved for the NCAA Division I championship starting in 2015?

Yes. The data from Washington State University proves that the "drag effect" is real and will allow balls to travel further.

No. Pitching coaches will figure out how to exploit the new balls to give pitchers an advantage.

There definitely will be more home runs. If you square up a pitch with this ball, it will travel further than the raised seam baseball.

If the "drag effect" works for balls off bats, it certainly will be the case for pitchers. So pitchers will have the edge again.

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