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[jon abbey]

16 of NY's next 71 games are against Toronto, so we'd better get used to seeing a lot of Bautista and Encarnacion and friends.

[jon abbey]

It's going to be really hot and humid in the Bronx for this whole series (day game Wednesday, 98 degrees tomorrow), so with these two teams, we might be looking at 15 HRs+ combined for the three games.

[jon abbey]

1. Jeter SS
2. Granderson CF
3. A-Rod 3B
4. Cano 2B
5. Teixeira 1B
6. Swisher RF
7. Ibanez LF
8. Chavez DH
9. Martin C

[jon abbey]

Also, I don't strongly disagree with the conventional wisdom that lineup order doesn't matter much (I disagree mildly), but it was painful last night to have Cano waiting on deck while A-Rod ended the game with the bases loaded.

[Al Zarilla]

It's going to be really hot and humid in the Bronx for this whole series (day game Wednesday, 98 degrees tomorrow), so with these two teams, we might be looking at 15 HRs+ combined for the three games.

You might get a wilted Toronto team. They can close the roof if it ever gets anywhere near that hot in Toronto, so the Jays might have trouble acclimating. An example of a team that died in the heat was the Giants going back to play the Nats and the Pirates before the break. Not that the Yankees need any more advantages this year....

I heard an opinion that baseballs carry more in high humidity (say, given the same temperature and other conditions) because the water content in the air is lighter than the air itself. Nah, can't be. But, you mentioned humidity there. What have you heard about this one?

Edited by Al Zarilla, 16 July 2012 - 04:47 PM.

[jon abbey]

I've seen different answers about whether humidity helps balls to travel farther or not, but just going from empirical observation, it seems to be the case, like in Arlington every summer.

In previous years, TOR has hit much better at home than away (lots of talk about them stealing signs there), and their OPS does actually drop a lot (home/road .795/.715), but they're still second in the league in road HRs behind NY, and the two teams are way way ahead of everyone else in overall HRs (NY-142, TOR-130, next is BAL at 109).

[jon abbey]

Awful AB from Swisher there with the bases loaded, three called strikes, all fastballs, no swings.

[Shaky]

I believe they said A-Rod was DHing due to a stiff neck.

[priestvalon]

Its what happens when you don't hot walk him.

[jon abbey]

Encarnacion hits ropes every time up.

[jon abbey]

Great job by Hughes, now let's get him a W.

[jon abbey]

Oh, that was lucky/sweet!

[jon abbey]

Oof, Bautista looks like he might have hurt himself badly there.

[jon abbey]

Much better AB by Swisher there, but same result.

[jon abbey]

That is a better AB.

[jon abbey]

That was decidedly scarier than I would have liked, but nice win.