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re: Do baseballs fly better in cold or hot weather?
Posted on 2/17/19 at 3:30 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Posted on 2/17/19 at 3:30 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Hawgnsincebirth55
Must be one of those Hog fans that didn’t finish high school. Don’t have to be a rocket scientist or in this case a high school graduate to know that balls fly better in hot weather
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Posted on 2/17/19 at 3:39 pm to mdomingue
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Could the reason people generally think this be because most humid climates (like louisiana) are at lower altitudes than many dryer climates (deserts sometimes being the exceptions but think Colorado) and therefore the air column will be slightly heavier?
The humid feels "heavier" because you get all sticky and sweaty in it and it makes it harder to cool off.
You need just think back to chemistry class to see how it's not true that more water vapor in the air makes it heavier. An atom of oxygen is about 16x heavier than an atom of hydrogen. So 2 oxygens way more than an oxygen and two hydrogens.
Or just think about summer storms. They are the result of less dense air rising. You notice how they happen more when the humidity is higher?
Posted on 2/17/19 at 3:41 pm to keakar
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humidity is the deciding factor for a flying object, not temperature, dry less humid air give less wind resistance to objects that are in motion the force energy that gets applied to the ball by the bat. hot weather makes the ball softer so it can absorb and then leave with more force energy and fly faster because of the higher energy applied then in cold weather
None of this is true. It’s all about air density, not temperature. And wind of course.
Weather and baseball
Posted on 2/17/19 at 4:44 pm to kciDAtaE
Colder air is typically more dense than warmer air. Ball should fly further when it’s warm
Posted on 2/17/19 at 7:01 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Hot. Duh.
Posted on 2/17/19 at 7:56 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
I'd also say it's easier for players to hit when it's hot outside. You're wearing less clothes, your muscles are warmer, ect ect
Posted on 2/17/19 at 8:03 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Hot, same as for golf. The air is less dense.
Posted on 2/17/19 at 8:44 pm to Duke
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They are the result of less dense air rising. You notice how they happen more when the humidity is higher?
Yes, because when the humidity gets really high, it rains.
Posted on 2/17/19 at 9:06 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
The ball compresses better in hot weather.
Hot, by a lot.
Hot, by a lot.
Posted on 2/17/19 at 9:06 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
So the consensus is that the optimal weather (ignoring wind) for ball is hot and low humidity?
Hot because the ball will absorb the maximum amount of energy from the bat.
And low humidity so that the air is less dense and the ball will lose less energy to wind resistance.
So seems like the desert would be ideal?
Hot because the ball will absorb the maximum amount of energy from the bat.
And low humidity so that the air is less dense and the ball will lose less energy to wind resistance.
So seems like the desert would be ideal?
Posted on 2/17/19 at 9:08 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Wasn't there an MLB team that used to cheat by freezing baseballs when a power hitting team came to town?
A lot of teams used to manipulate the balls Storing them in a cool, damp basement was common. Wipe the balls dry, put them in a new box, and hand them to the umps.
Posted on 2/17/19 at 9:12 pm to PEPE
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So seems like the desert would be ideal?
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baseball the Neeley Scale is used to take air pressure into account. This scale finds the air density index based upon elevation, pressure, temperature, and humidity. The Neeley Scale ranges from 0-100, and makes understanding air pressure a bit easier. A 0 on the scale would occur at very high elevation, on a very hot day. A 100 on the scale would occur at sea level on a very cold day. It is often assumed that high humidity would mean more air pressure, but actually the opposite is true. So that means a baseball traveling through humid air will actually travel farther than a baseball hit in air with low humidity. It seems counterintuitive, but it’s actually because there is more hydrogen in humid air, which is lighter and easier for a projectile to fly through. Low humidity air contains more nitrogen which is heavier, and slows the projectile.
So back to the original question, does a baseball really travel farther at high altitude? Yes.
another variable
Elevation
The air is less thick up high.
Ball travels further.
Denver > Phoenix
Posted on 2/17/19 at 10:07 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Surprisingly they fly farthest in hot, humid weather. That favours Midwestern teams like Chicago, Cincinnati and St Louis, which are notorious for extreme summer heat and humidity.
Posted on 2/17/19 at 10:10 pm to tarzana
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, a.k.a. "The Launching Pad."
Posted on 2/17/19 at 10:42 pm to Smart Post
Atlanta has the added benefit of elevation over 1,000 feet in addition to oppressive summer heat & humidity. Fly balls literally take off there. A hitter's park, probably second only to Denver's mile high Coors field.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 4:30 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
Hot.
This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 4:32 am
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