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  1. Nine of twelve
    Looking like not.
  2. Nine of twelve
    Bassically.
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    Yes. More or less. Actually quite a bit more.
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    Talking about rosin - my son uses rosin every single day that he works.
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    I can do it for every batter in the lineup if it works.
  6. Nine of twelve
    well, darn it ... I took something out to the mailbox and missed the home run.
  7. Nine of twelve
    Who do you think I am, Sherlock Holmes?
  8. Nine of twelve
    First base.
  9. Nine of twelve
    Morneau with good analysis on Sano's play on that last 5-3 putout. I enjoy hearing insight on how a seemingly routine play should be handled to minimize the likelihood of a bad outcome.
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    Buck might have had a double with that if not for Cruz ahead of him on first.
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    My parents downsized, sold and moved about 8 years ago. My wife's parents did the same a few years later. There is a correlation between those events and the amount of stuff in our house.
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    Every pitcher, starter or reliever, should be managed based on his own strengths. Don't try to force a strategy onto your pitchers. Instead, use the strengths of your pitchers to set your strategy.
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    This is one of the reasons, and probably the biggest reason, why all major league organizations are carrying larger bullpens and pulling starters earlier than has ever been done in the past. The philosophy used to be to use your best pitchers as much as you possibly could. The philosophy is now to protect your best pitchers so that they will be available in the most important games over the course of the current season and over the course of as many future seasons as possible.
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    Win, win, chicken din!
  16. Nine of twelve
    Guess that makes it the Five-zer vaccine.
  17. Nine of twelve
    I misread PDX's post when I replied originally. Absolutely, air resistance varies with weather conditions. But as we get to the hot, muggy summer we will expect more carry, not less.
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    Dry air is considered to be about 78% nitrogen (molecular mass 28), about 21% oxygen (molecular mass 32), and about 1% argon (atomic mass 40). The rest are trace gases. Water vapor (molecular mass 18) rarely makes up more than about 3% of the atmosphere but it is enough to slightly decrease air resistance on very humid days.
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    Not counterintuitive. On the contrary. Water vapor is less dense than atmospheric gases. Hence, humid air is less dense than dry air and the ball will carry better. Air density is a major reason that Fulton County stadium in Atlanta was also known as The Launching Pad. First, Atlanta had the highest elevation of any MLB city at the time. Phoenix (just barely) and Denver have since supplanted it from that status. Second, Atlanta tends to have warm temperatures. Third, Atlanta tends to have higher humidity. Of course, the fact that it was a small stadium also helped a lot. I'm sure #44 was very glad to have played so many games there.
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    Absolutely. But if the ball is more resistant to airflow it will be so regardless of air density. My initial guess, based on no substantive data whatsoever, is that the ball has not changed enough to make a big difference.
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    Agree. I don't see a reason at this point to guess whether one is more important than the other.
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    Exit velocity is not the parameter to consider when talking about the change in this season's baseballs. What was supposed to be different is not that the ball is "deadened", which I would take to mean softened. Rather, the purported change is increased air resistance. That will have no bearing on the velocity of the ball upon leaving the bat. What it does mean is that a ball in flight will slow more quickly and therefore not travel as far. The question is whether air resistance has indeed changed and whether the ball indeed does not carry as well.
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    Every game lost is very precious time slipping away when there is little to no margin for that. If there is a significant work stoppage I think that seals it. 500 would not happen.
  24. Nine of twelve
    Spoken like someone with little to no experience with migraines. There are millions upon millions of migraineurs who would love to have something like this available but, believe it or not, there are some medical problems that can't be cured.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Even if he has a mediocre major league career this is one hell of a great memory for him to have for the rest of his life.
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