M. CABRERA'S projections from some of cafe elite were off

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Not to hijack the thread any further with physics, but...the ball travels further in warm air, which is less dense than cold air. Humidity in the air makes little difference on the distance the ball travels, but if the baseball is kept in a humid environment then it becomes heavier and less elastic than a dry ball and cannot be hit as well. The Rockies screwed up their experiment with the humidor because they heated the ball to 90 degrees while adding humidity, and the additional temperature had the effect of increasing the elasticity of the core of the ball. They should have put the ball in a cold place to cool the core and before game time put them in a humidor so the core remains cool and the outside is humidified.

Maybe we should have a sticky for baseball physics!