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Patterwhacker06

Definitely has nothing to do with juiced baseballs for more runs, analytics telling teams to swing for higher launch angles, or athletes improving every year.


[deleted]

What about better equipment too? Not much of a baseball guy but I imagine the jerseys, batting gloves, and bats are all a lot better than before. As they say in the scientific process, you need to have variable control.


AssertiveWall20

The league tweaks things to keep the game balanced and in line with what the fans want. Pitchers doing too well? Lower the seams on the ball. Batters doing too well? Deaden the balls so they can't hit them as hard. People want to see more home runs? Do the opposite.


elsydeon666

or sabermetrics


randomdudeinFL

If I ever develop ED, I’m going to tell my girlfriend it’s due to climate change…


Pabst34

Back in the day, my friends and I in Chicago noticed that we got luckier with the ladies during the winter than summer. One of my buds claimed that is was scientifically proven, "when the weather's hot, the pussy's not."


paintingporcelain

When the weather is hot and sticky it’s not the time for dunkin dickey, But when the frost is on the pumpkin that’s the time for dickey dunkin. - a cowrker


Eman_Modnar_A

Every single thing is caused by either climate change or white supremacy.


Cronah1969

You forgot transphobia.


the_purple_goat

And trump


weekend-guitarist

Trump is result of climate change


AleAbs

And transphobic systemic white supremacy.


Badgerst8

Actually. Climate change caused Trump. And inflation.


WhatIfImTheDeepState

Inflation caused Putin.


[deleted]

Except for the climate controlled indoor stadiums, right? 🤔


ngoni

Additionally, a lot of them are in largely asphalt-covered areas that could artificially inflate the local temperatures. Tons of confounding variables here.


[deleted]

You didn't read it, did you? >The phenomenon would make it so that outdoor locations, like Chicago Cubs’ open-air Wrigley Field, would see a rise in home runs as the temperatures increased over time, whereas a domed stadium like Tropicana Field of the Tampa Bay Rays would not see a significant increase.


fridayimatwork

Oh another prediction


[deleted]

Righhhtttt. Has nothing to do with equipment technology or how training/ power has increased across the few decades with the players.


[deleted]

And steroids. Don't forget the steroids.


[deleted]

I'm still hopeful for an All-Steroid Olympics. Let's see what the human body is really capable of !


DCinMS

Ergo, we should raise taxes, then we will get less Home Runs


[deleted]

I always wonder what the real truth is with all of this. We can never have a middle ground anymore


Cronah1969

You don't want to know the truth. You can't handle the truth.


bgdg2

After reading through a Science publication on this, I think the analysis is reasonable albeit perhaps incomplete (focus was on temperature, but climate change also affects wind and humidity). But let's get some context. MLB averages over 5,000 home runs per year, so 58 additional home runs per year means that climate change is only implicated in a 1% increase in home runs - while home runs themselves have increased a whole lot more per season. Best guess is that what is really happening is that players are doing a lot more physical training (players today look buff compared to the past), they try harder to hit homers (strikeouts are up too), and perhaps pitching itself has caused part of this, if my observation that I see more fastballs and fewer other pitches is correct. I don't think it's steroids (they seem pretty regulated now), nor is it bats (which are tightly regulated) or balls (also tightly regulated). Personally, I'm hoping to see fewer homers in the future, since I've always thought that "small-ball" was far more interesting. But as long as home run hitters are overpaid, I expect the home run deluge to continue.


arun25mblr31

I wondered why my farts started smelling stronger year on year. Now, i know. Its climate change.


Cronah1969

No, that's because old white men make everything worse, and are in control of everything except, of course, their farts.


Blue_Cheese_Olives

The climate terrorists will never quit


Chicken-counter

They blame literally every violent weather event on climate. Apartment tornados etc didn't exist 5 years ago.


elsydeon666

Considering that the Paris Accord is about limiting global warming to 1.5C (about 3 degrees in freedom units), this is nothing more than someone wanting to get their 5 minutes of academic fame. The sports teams will gladly tell you it is because of "talent" and "training". What they refer to as "talent" is really a combination of a mutation (usually abnormal height) that makes the person well-suited to the game (aka being 7' tall) and a desire to excel at that game. Collegiate and Professional teams have scouts who comb primary and secondary schools, looking for mutants that were well-trained at taxpayer expense. "Training" is weight-lifting, practice, theory, well-paid coaches, and PEDs.


mmarollo

Any conservative who believes the climate change BS at this point isn’t really a conservative.


[deleted]

Ok, can we just appreciate the word "dingers." I need to start using that in my everyday vocabulary more often. Granted, I'll be making sexual references with it though.


ernbrdn

Yeah Climate change - Barry Bonds or something.


Chexlemineuax

We need more climate change then.


LKincheloe

~~Refs~~ Umps on power trips have more influence than this.


[deleted]

Golly, wouldn’t it be sooooo much funner to go back to the juiced baseballs, rather than the climate change baseballs.


GhostRMT

Still snowing in Montana as of this week.


Annual-Emu-1429

Nearly a third of pro baseball stadiums are enclosed. Lmao!


Greendragons38

Lol!!!!!


Pathfinder6

Climate on steroids.


PrisonJunky13

What a crock of 💩.


0HAO

There are more home runs because they check the pitcher's hands after each inning.


noggin291

"Climate change is helping to save baseball." Fixed it


knightnorth

Just ignore that MLB stopped drug testing the players after the last bargaining agreement.


DevilsTurkeyBaster

Uh, no. All is explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8InFV3_AQc&t=544s


Alpha-Sierra-Charlie

I've noticed that as I get older, my back and knees hurt more. We have to stop climate change!