This Day in Baseball History: March 18, 1970 > The Cleveland Indians and Seattle Pilots play an exhibition game with the experimental X-5 baseball, which is reported to be five percent livelier than a regulation ball. The Pilots beat the Indians by the outrageous score of 19-14, leading Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to abandon the X-5 experiment.
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March 18, 1970 > The Cleveland Indians and Seattle Pilots play an exhibition game with the experimental X-5 baseball, which is reported to be five percent livelier than a regulation ball. The Pilots beat the Indians by the outrageous score of 19-14, leading Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to abandon the X-5 experiment.