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Major League batters have combined for a .237 average through the first two-plus months of 2021, a number that if it keeps up over a full season will represent the lowest mark in more than a half-century.
Hitters hope that a MLB crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances on the ball will level the playing field and lead to increased averages as the year goes on.
One item of interest: Baseball announced about a week ago that it was going to crack down on cheating; in the last seven days, MLB hitters are batting a collective .248, a marked improvement from the overall number for the season. Whether that s just standard heating up with the summer or related to the crackdown is up for debate.
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