Home runs are up 39 percent in Division I baseball compared with the first half of the 2014 season, an indication the introduction of the flat-seam ball is having the desired effect. According to the NCAA midseason statistical report Wednesday, the per-team home-run rate has gone from 0.36 a game to 0.50. College baseball switched from a raised-seam ball to a flat-seam ball this season with the hope it would help inject more offense into the game. More...