The Over The Monster Podcast - Episode 34 - The Sad Naked Clown Edition

by Matthew Kory on Jan 6, 2012 10:01 AM EST in Podcasts

Sometimes preparation will slow you down. Sometimes, 85% is better than 100%. Sometimes, being lazy means you can win the race and take a nap.

With that in your back pocket, I give you this, the 34th OTM Podcast.

The best news anyone could ever hope to hear could just be, 'That naked clown who was outside your window has left.' It's hard to say for sure, but the start to this week's podcast adventure could just be the break science has been waiting for all these decades. Or not.

Beyond important clown science, we talk Red Sox with fellow OTM overlord Ben Buchanan. Matt, Marc, and Ben discuss the deal for Andrew Bailey, mourn the loss of Josh Reddick, crack wise on Ryan Sweeney's outfield abilities, and generally lay the revamped bullpen to waste. You know, in general. It's a rowdy, over the top Over The Monster Podcast! (34th Edition)

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In answer to your NBA question...

… Latrell Sprewell.

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jan 6, 2012 12:23 PM EST reply actions

Dah!

That’s right. Well done.

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by Matthew Kory on Jan 6, 2012 1:24 PM EST up reply actions

Honestly, Latrell's the best answer...

…when an NBA player did something crazy, but you can’t remember who it is.

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jan 6, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions

Humid air is lighter!

Water vapor has a lower molecular weight (18) than that of air (~29), so increasing the amount of water in the air lowers its density. That’s also why water vapor rises and eventually forms clouds. A ball will travel farther in humid air.

However, I believe humidity reduces the elasticity of a baseball (e.g. like a wet sponge) and thus reduces the rebound velocity off bat. That probably cancels out any advantage provided by the ball otherwise traveling farther.

In Miami, if the balls were stored in a controlled environment like the humidor in Colorado, you’d probably a nice increase in offensive production.

by BigNachos on Jan 6, 2012 2:44 PM EST reply actions

Interesting!

Humidity always feels heavier to me, but that’s obviously A) unscientific and B) wrong.

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by Matthew Kory on Jan 6, 2012 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

How does that explain Petco and San Fran though

when the fog comes into the ballpark, offenses pretty much die.

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by TheLoneDavid on Jan 6, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions

Fog != humidity

Fog is made up of actual water droplets suspended in the air whereas humidity refers to singular water molecules. I would imagine fog would impede the travel of a baseball quite a bit more since it takes a lot more energy to move water droplets out of the way. The ball would also pick up water a lot more readily since any grass it touched would be wet.

by BigNachos on Jan 6, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions