![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Neglecting weather for a moment, when a baseball is flying freely through the air it is affected by two major forces: gravity and friction. In order to truly understand the affects of weather on a hit or thrown baseball, one must understand the physics of a hit or thrown baseball. There’s no doubt that weather can affect a ball game, but how much influence it has is worthy of debate. Many people think the thin air at Coors Field is automatically good for an extra two runs per night, or conversely how the dead-sea air of McCovey Cove at Oracle Park is where balls die in the gaps. When betting on the total in a major league baseball game, one of the biggest misunderstood factors used to handicap whether the game will go over or stay under the total is the weather.Įveryone has seen the way the wind blowing out at Wrigley Field can turn a normal game into a home run derby. ![]()
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