is trying to keep the hr #‘s up so that there isn’t a huge drop off post steroids. Then in 20 years when everyone looks back on that era MLB can say, “see….steroids didn’t really alter the game.”

conspired in baseball, and I don’t doubt it in this case either.

came from Newberg.

the juiced balls seem to be providing no advantage to David Murphy, or Hammilton.

One must make contact in order to utilize the juice….

remember that last year had some historic cold days and poor weather.

compare the numbers to a multi year average of the first 350 HR’s and see where it falls.

friday they were and then they weren’t
by sunday they were again until i got back from the gym
now i think they are again

fwiw – one of my ex-girlfriends is in town from panama, so that may have something to do with the fluctuations

http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/is_the_ball_juiced_again/

you will see that most likely the ball isn’t juiced and some of the problems stemmed with which parks have asn had not had a lot of home games

unless you actually have a brain.

And there’s this, from (of all places) AccuWeather.com:

      Although the field dimensions of the new stadium are exactly that of the old stadium, the shell of the new stadium is shaped differently. AccuWeather.com meteorologists also estimate that the angle of the seating in the new stadium could have an effect on wind speed across the field.

      The old Yankee stadium had more stacked tiers and a large upper deck, acting like a solid wall in effect, which would cause the wind to swirl more and be less concentrated. The new Yankee stadium’s tiers are less stacked, making a less sharp slope from the top of the stadium to the field. This shape could enable winds to blow across the field with less restriction. In addition, the slope of the seating would also lead to a “downslope” effect in the field which, depending on wind direction, would tend to cause air to lift up in the right field. Fly balls going into right field during a gusty west wind would be given more of a lift thus carrying the ball farther out into right field.

      If the stadium seating tier shape is indeed the issue, games will only be affected during times with the winds are from a westerly direction and above 10 mph. This typically occurs during the spring and the middle to late fall. The calmer weather during the summer should lead to a smaller number of home runs. In the meantime, the home run derby may continue.

with a huge erection

i couldn’t resist