May 11, 2002
It's Not the Height, It's the Humidity:
Rob Neyer has a neat article on the balls used at Coors Field. The Rockies have started to keep them in a storage room at a humidity similar to the level the factory uses to store balls. The Rockies noticed that balls were drying out, so by controlling the humidity in the storage area, they are hoping the balls won't be as lively. This makes sense, since Denver is a desert. The Rocky Mountains squeeze most of the moisture out of the air by the time in reaches the city. So far, runs are down a bit at Coors this year, but it's still early, and the real drying out doesn't happen until summer.
Posted by David Pinto at
03:35 PM
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