Ex-EBI staffer Mitch Beasley explains his Facebook statement on the PURPLE HAMMER and how it came to be the most controversial ball since the Xcalibur

After I broke the news Sunday morning that three PURPLE HAMMERs used during the 2022 KIA PBA Tournament of Champions failed PBA's pre-TV hardness checks, meaning they couldn’t be used in Sunday’s stepladder finals or any future PBA competition, a social media firestorm of sorts broke out. That’s understandable considering what a hot button issue urethane balls are, especially the PURPLE HAMMER. Multiple sources later confirmed to me that the three PURPLE HAMMERs tossed a...