OT: Bullshitting at the Barbershop

[Nasty_Magician]

How did they not smell a difference?

 

[puckhead]

it's 'their' integerey

I'm sad this post didn't reach cult status.
Almo woulda liked it from back in the swamp

/frolicsome worsted

 

[dare2be]

I'm sad this post didn't reach cult status.
Almo woulda liked it from back in the swamp

/frolicsome worsted

The integerey of this board is slipping.

 

[puckhead]

 

[puckhead]

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Texas man shoots armadillo, bullet ricochets back into his face

 

[dash]

Texas man shoots armadillo, bullet ricochets back into his face

Moments earlier...

 

[Comeds]

Dukes of Hazzard Star Tom Wopat Arrested for Alleged Indecent Assault and Cocaine Possession

According to TMZ, Wopat is starring in a production of 42nd Street in the town of Waltham and was accused of putting his hands down the pants of a woman connected with the show.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

are we sure this crime wasnt actually committed by TOMWOPATH8TER ????

 

[Comeds]

Hey @Darkstone42, two questions.

1st: How are you?

2nd: Its an old addage that its easier to hit home runs in the summer. Stats seem to support that. Why is that? Wouldn't the ball carry better in cooler drier air? A lot of the US (and Guatemala) has high humidity when it gets hotter, at least normally.

So would that have an effect on the way the balls carries? Positive or negative?

 

[Darkstone42]

Hey @Darkstone42, two questions.

1st: How are you?

2nd: Its an old addage that its easier to hit home runs in the summer. Stats seem to support that. Why is that? Wouldn't the ball carry better in cooler drier air? A lot of the US (and Guatemala) has high humidity when it gets hotter, at least normally.

So would that have an effect on the way the balls carries? Positive or negative?

I'm doing fine, thank you.

Higher air temperature means lower air density, which means less drag, ergo more carry and more dingers. Elevation and humidity can have their own effects, but if we normalize for those (and each ballpark normalizes for elevation entirely, and does a decent job with humidity, at least isolating a range), each 10 degrees F adds 2.5 feet of carry, and that increases home run probability by nearly 10%.

How Much Effect Does Temperature Have On Home Runs – Diamond Kinetics

 

[dash]

Hey @Darkstone42, two questions.

1st: How are you?

2nd: Its an old addage that its easier to hit home runs in the summer. Stats seem to support that. Why is that? Wouldn't the ball carry better in cooler drier air? A lot of the US (and Guatemala) has high humidity when it gets hotter, at least normally.

So would that have an effect on the way the balls carries? Positive or negative?

I'm no scientist, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once - The following graphic is quite illuminating.

Since warmer air is less dense than colder air, there should be less resistance for the baseball allowing it to travel further and thereby turning a can of corn in late April into a tater in early August.

Edit: Confirmed by DS above

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I'm doing fine, thank you.

Higher air temperature means lower air density, which means less drag, ergo more carry and more dingers. Elevation and humidity can have their own effects, but if we normalize for those (and each ballpark normalizes for elevation entirely, and does a decent job with humidity, at least isolating a range), each 10 degrees F adds 2.5 feet of carry, and that increases home run probability by nearly 10%.

How Much Effect Does Temperature Have On Home Runs – Diamond Kinetics

more importantly ... bat flips reach higher heights ... amirite?

 

[Comeds]

I'm no scientist, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once - The following graphic is quite illuminating.

Since warmer air is less dense than colder air, there should be less resistance for the baseball allowing it to travel further and thereby turning a can of corn in late April into a tater in early August.

I didnt ask you!

I'm doing fine, thank you.

Higher air temperature means lower air density, which means less drag, ergo more carry and more dingers. Elevation and humidity can have their own effects, but if we normalize for those (and each ballpark normalizes for elevation entirely, and does a decent job with humidity, at least isolating a range), each 10 degrees F adds 2.5 feet of carry, and that increases home run probability by nearly 10%.

How Much Effect Does Temperature Have On Home Runs – Diamond Kinetics

Thank you. I understand that higher air temperatures mean less density. I have been on a hot air balloon. Not really but I have seen them. Well pictures of them. I guess I just thought humidity would play larger role. I can barely make it to the mailbox on humid days.

Thank you, have a nice nice.

Dash, I hope your dinner is burnt on the outside and cold on the inside!

 

[dash]

nicely quirky, that's comeds

Friendly or not, Baltimore locals impressed readers as being nicely quirky. And while Baltimore has seen its share of turmoil lately, it still works hard to keep its nickname of Charm City

The 15 Unfriendliest Cities in America

 

[Comeds]

nicely quirky, that's comeds

Friendly or not, Baltimore locals impressed readers as being nicely quirky. And while Baltimore has seen its share of turmoil lately, it still works hard to keep its nickname of Charm City

The 15 Unfriendliest Cities in America

I do my part!

 

[Comeds]

I didnt ask you!



Dash, I hope your dinner is burnt on the outside and cold on the inside!

Sorry Dash, I got a sign saying I was mean.

 

[dash]

Sorry Dash, I got a sign saying I was mean.

I thought it was a hilarious response to be honest and you were right, you didn't ask me

 

[forty_three]

I'm doing fine, thank you.

Higher air temperature means lower air density, which means less drag, ergo more carry and more dingers. Elevation and humidity can have their own effects, but if we normalize for those (and each ballpark normalizes for elevation entirely, and does a decent job with humidity, at least isolating a range), each 10 degrees F adds 2.5 feet of carry, and that increases home run probability by nearly 10%.

How Much Effect Does Temperature Have On Home Runs – Diamond Kinetics

Wow. I would have bet my last dollar that more home runs are hit in the summer because that's when baseball is played.

nicely quirky, that's comeds

Friendly or not, Baltimore locals impressed readers as being nicely quirky. And while Baltimore has seen its share of turmoil lately, it still works hard to keep its nickname of Charm City

The 15 Unfriendliest Cities in America

I do my part!

I would like to point out that Baltimore has been more unfriendly and more quirky since I left.

I was the glue that held that place together.

 

[Comeds]

I thought it was a hilarious response to be honest and you were right, you didn't ask me

My last post was supposed to have this attached but it didn't take. Sadly the smokestack says Baltimore but you can't see that...I need to take better photos going 50 mph.