The league needs to make the D-Backs

[jsebe10]

Get rid of that humidor in their stadium...Ahmed literally just hit one on the hands and it went 420 ft to Center..look at the video...it’s ridiculous...what’s the point?

 

[thewupk]

Get rid of that humidor in their stadium...Ahmed literally just hit one on the hands and it went 420 ft to Center..look at the video...it’s ridiculous...what’s the point?

chicks dig the long ball

 

[smootness]

The humidor causes fewer HR, not more.

Also, is this the one you're talking about? https://twitter.com/Dbacks/status/991156909083279361

That is full extension, not in on the hands at all.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

The humidor causes fewer HR, not more.

Also, is this the one you're talking about? https://twitter.com/Dbacks/status/991156909083279361

That is full extension, not in on the hands at all.

Eh. Minor details.

 

[JxnMissFan]

I would settle for making them get rid of thier horrendous uniforms.

 

[Nerfherders]

Those uniforms are really bad, especially the road uni's.

 

[Garmel]

Those uniforms are really bad, especially the road uni's.

This is a job for the fashion police

 

[Enscheff]

The humidor causes fewer HR, not more.

Also, is this the one you're talking about? https://twitter.com/Dbacks/status/991156909083279361

That is full extension, not in on the hands at all.

So, you're saying someone around here might not know what they're talking about, yet felt the need to start a completely new topic nonetheless?

I can't believe it!

 

[jpx7]

Storing the balls in a humidor theoretically reduces homeruns by reducing the overall “liveliness” of the ball, thanks to hydrogen bonding slackening the wool wound up in the balls; they call this the “coefficient of restitution”. But making the entire stadium a humidor theoretically has the opposite effect, as higher humidity means lower air density (stoichiometry ftw) and thus less air-resistance to the ball’s trajectory.

I’m not in AZ anymore, so I’m not up on what the Dbacks have done; but, across all the games I’ve been to at Chase, the only stadium humidification was the swamp coolers they use (and need) in the stands.

 

[50PoundHead]

I love April stats. Nick Ahmed has more HRs (5) than the guy he was part of a package in obtaining, Upton the Younger (4).

 

[Enscheff]

Storing the balls in a humidor theoretically reduces homeruns by reducing the overall “liveliness” of the ball, thanks to hydrogen bonding slackening the wool wound up in the balls; they call this the “coefficient of restitution”. But making the entire stadium a humidor theoretically has the opposite effect, as higher humidity means lower air density (stoichiometry ftw) and thus less air-resistance to the ball’s trajectory.

I’m not in AZ anymore, so I’m not up on what the Dbacks have done; but, across all the games I’ve been to at Chase, the only stadium humidification was the swamp coolers they use (and need) in the stands.

Pretty sure increased humidity increases the drag on an object in motion, and would decrease distance of a fly ball.

Also, stoichiometry deals with reactions converting molecules into other molecules, not water vapor suspended in the air.

 

[smootness]

jpx7 is correct on the effect of increased humidity leading to the ball traveling further. But Chase Field uses a humidor on the balls, not the air itself. This was done specifically to reduce offense.

 

[Enscheff]

jpx7 is correct on the effect of increased humidity leading to the ball traveling further. But Chase Field uses a humidor on the balls, not the air itself. This was done specifically to reduce offense.

He sure is: http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/features/how-far-can-you-hit-one.html

"An increase in humidity has a surprising effect on air density: As humidity increases, air density decreases. In damp air, the large, heavy oxygen and nitrogen molecules are replaced by lighter water molecules, resulting in less density"

 

[jpx7]

Pretty sure increased humidity increases the drag on an object in motion, and would decrease distance of a fly ball.

Also, stoichiometry deals with reactions converting molecules into other molecules, not water vapor suspended in the air.

As for humidity: from what I’ve read (and I did double-check my recollections before posting), the change in air density is more meaningful than any drag from water vapor; but the effects of water-based intermolecular forces on the ball’s components themselves are by far the most meaningful.

As for stoichiometry: in gas stoichiometry (which is what’s relevant here), a primary concern is the relationship of conditions in a system (linking the various ideal and real gas laws), which then governs how reactions proceed / equilibrate. Really just an off-hand reference to the subject-heading under which I originally learned about the calculable relationship of systemic conditions.

 

[thewupk]

He sure is: http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/features/how-far-can-you-hit-one.html

"An increase in humidity has a surprising effect on air density: As humidity increases, air density decreases. In damp air, the large, heavy oxygen and nitrogen molecules are replaced by lighter water molecules, resulting in less density"

Could partially explain why Atlanta was always known as the launching pad. I'm guessing the humidity and elevation helps make those balls fly out in the summer.