Quotes from May 27-June 2, including quotes about steroids, contraction, the Yankees and more.
Chris Kahrl examines trades involving 11 teams from May 30 to June 1, 2002.
So, what’s this whole humidor thing about, anyway? What are the effects of storing baseballs in a 40% humidity environment?
The biggest effect you would expect is that heavier balls hit in the air wouldn’t carry as far, and that appears to be the case. The most obvious impact is in the home-run rate at the park:
(Note that the numbers for the last five seasons do not include interleague games. I was working with the STATS Major League Handbook’s park data, which sensibly excludes those games.)
So, what’s this whole humidor thing about, anyway? What are the effects of storing baseballs in a 40% humidity environment? The biggest effect you would expect is that heavier balls hit in the air wouldn’t carry as far, and that appears to be the case. The most obvious impact is in the home-run rate at…
‘ROIDS, ‘ROIDS, ‘ROIDS, ‘ROIDS "If he [Ken Caminiti] wanted to address that [crap], he should have said it when he had the MVP award in his hand. ‘I thank my mom; I thank the steroids that I took.’ It’s the timing of it. Cammy’s a good dude, but it’s hypocritical to come back now and…