Baseball
Honors College
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Kent State Today
![Walk-on try-outs for the Golden Flashes baseball team.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/IMG_4243.HEIC__0.jpg?VersionId=ukkP5QFh7mS7yEre9NXT6usj98pNdVx7&h=069bc90b&itok=clEHy_Cb)
Kent State baseball held walk-on tryouts for student players last week.
Division of Research & Economic Development
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In 1901, the 16 Major League Baseball teams produced 455 home runs. Players were discouraged from attempting it. Nearly 120 years later, players couldn’t seem to help themselves, and MLB smashed all previous records. More homers might mean more exciting games, but some people question why the spike happened. A Kent State University chemist thinks he has some clues about this unusual surge in home runs.
Kent State Chemists Reveal Changes in the Density and Chemical Composition of Major League Baseballs
College of Arts & Sciences