The weather is heating up, and so are the Yankees. Surely you’ve heard that the ball tends to travel better when it’s warmer out. But just how much better? Newcomer Giancarlo Stanton has gotten off to a relatively slow start, but will the summer temperatures help the slugger get back on track?
Brandon Koch and Anna Panorska of the University of Nevada conducted a study and published a paper that looked at over 20,000 games from the regular seasons spanning 2000-2011. They categorized the temperatures during the games into three buckets: “cold”, “average”, and “warm.