Home-Run Physics (broadcast Friday, May 15th, 2009)

Opening day at the new Yankee Stadium, which has been accused of being home-run friendly. Photo by Flickr user chris_ptacek.

The new Yankee Stadium has been accused of being too home-run happy, with dozens of home run blasts in the first few games at the new park. But is there really a problem, or just a statistical anomaly? We'll take a look at the physics of the ballpark, and the combination of engineering factors that help shape the play of America's pastime.

Guests

Greg Rybarczyk
Reliability Engineer, Xerox
Creator of Hittracker
Portland, OR

Dennis Torok
US Business Development and Project Manager
Newmerical Technologies International
Minneapolis, MN

Jonah Keri
Sports Writer for Espn.com, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated
Durham, NH

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Segment produced by:Shelley DuBois

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