re: Air resistance in the playoffs has shot up to the highest level since 2016, fewer HRs

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yeah about air resistance... In an indoor stadium

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Physics is hard.

weather is a huge difference in playoffs vs regular season.

When it gets cold, it takes the air out of the ball. There were a few flyouts in St.Louis, when Waino pitched that would of went out, if it was in 80's or even 90's and humid. Braves won that game anyway.

braves bent the knee and paid for it.

Get Woke, Go Broke

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Conspiracy theory

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The conspiracy theory I was referring to was you thinking the Cardinals made some deal with "the devil" MLB to change the ball just before the playoffs to negatively impact the Braves power hitters and positively impact the Cardinals. I can see the fricking data but keep melting.

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Physics is hard.

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Assuming the roof is closed in Houston...

I can't wait to see the game being played in the Minute Maid Vacuum tonight.

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Everyone knows that indoor stadiums are air tight.

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I'm not exactly looking at the weather and wind patterns, but I can see Yankee Stadium, St. Louis, whoever's air being heavier this time of year as temps drop from the summer.

But Houston in a retractable roof? Why would the air make that big a difference there?

Can you please state who you are a fan of before we proceed?

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Atlanta hit 39 more HRs than the Cards this year, or 1 extra HR every 4.15 games.

They played 5 games, and ATL hit 1 more HR than the Cards.

So basically, it was about as close to the exact same advantage they had in the regular season as could be based on a 5 game series.

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A juiced/non juiced ball wouldn't change the ratio, it would change the totals. I don't understand what point you're trying to make here. Without digging deeper into the numbers and showing total runs scored by these HRs, it's an incomplete comparison. A team can hit fewer HRs, but have those be more impactful by having guys on base.

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If there's actual data to show the Braves came within a couple of feet of a HR a bunch more times than the Cards in the series, that would be valid, but it is not posted.

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I don't think this part is entirely relevant. If the braves hit 1 more HR per 4-5 games, they'd only need 1 more of these non HRs. I go back to my previous statement here, to analyze these and what impact they would've had, you'd not only need how many occurrences there were, but also how many guys were on base. If the cards had 0 on and a guy hit a warning track shot, it's not the same as one like ours in the 7th of game 4 that would've been a grand slam. Radio and TV announcers all thought it was out too.

In short, we'd need a lot more data that what you posted to determine if there was an advantage lost.

These metrics are on hit balls. Based on exit velocity + launch angle + ballpark variable.

Has nothin to do with better pitching.