NPB ball change revelation

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato (R) attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2013, with NPB secretary general Kunio Shimoda, after NPB admitted the previous day it had changed its official ball for the 2013 season. NPB had previously denied that the increase in home runs during the current season had anything to do with changes to the ball.

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