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Effectively Wild Episode 2001: Open the Podcast Bay Doors, HAL

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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The Problem With Humidity in Baseball

A standard MLB baseball stored at 100% relative humidity 70 degrees absorbs enough water to increase the weight to 5.6 ounces. A humidor could not be used to mitigate somewhat the elevation effect as was done at Coors without increasing the weight and unacceptable amount So either you have a ball that would paradoxically go even farther Or you just have the wettest balls Just a stopping wet, just dripping, just drop with... Would spray off the ball, whatever you made contact Alright, I think Ben, I'm gonna offer us a note on air Which is like, you know, we got defensive Like, the show is horny too relative to other baseball podcasts Maybe we could ... it should be

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