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Dr. Meredith Wills
@Bbl_Astrophyscs
Astrophysics PhD, Baseball HOF, Baseball Construction Expert, Data Scientist, Official Scorer, Superhero, Knitting Designer. Not necessarily in that order.
May 10, 2022 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
🧵 Based on what we’ve seen of the new dead ball and its response to humidity, I suspect the changes MLB implemented in its “concern for improving consistency” may have led to the least consistent ball the game has ever seen. 1/
nytimes.com/2022/05/09/spo… Image In their @ringer piece from 2021 Spring Training, @BenLindbergh and @No_Little_Plans actually first identified the new baseball as *juiced*, not dead. (I should point out that ST is played under some of the driest conditions of the year.) 2/
theringer.com/mlb/2021/3/31/…
Oct 10, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
🚨”The data is conclusive in showing that THE PLAYOFF BASEBALL IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE USED IN THE REGULAR SEASON. But we’re still left with the question of why.” 🚨
Yep. @No_Little_Plans has what may be the biggest story of the postseason. (And yes, I’m on it!) Among other things: “In the last week’s worth of Division Series games, the drag coefficient spiked to a high it hadn’t regularly sat at since 2016.” (Graph via @No_Little_Plans)