I don't know if they were commemorative, but I remember hearing there was something that made them easier to authenticate. There is a chance a small chance that however they decide which balls to use for commemorative balls has a correlation with the juiced balls, and balls that were meant for commemorative balls were used for Yankee games due to Judge's Record "chase". Small, small chance. I doubt Yankees were involved either way. More likely, something either intentional or unitentional by MLB.
This will get labeled a "nothing burger" by the hypocritical and sanctimonious baseball writers, just like the Yankee letter, just like the 2018 Red Sox, just like Eric Kratz, just like Logan Morrison...it will go on and on.
If Astros were the ones getting the juiced balls this would be breaking news on ESPN Instead no one has talked about it nationally
Rob Manfred needs to get investigated for Corruption and deserves to get banned for Life. Rob Manfred Life in Jail will be real Justice
This whole thing got buried hard. Shows that for the average person, If they didn’t see it on television, it doesn’t exist.
Manfred works for the owners. The owners have no reason to be unhappy with him. Their assets keep appreciating. Only fans of specific teams are upset with Manfred.