WFB: Washington Nationals announcer F.P. Santangelo suggested during Tuesday night’s loss to the Chicago White Sox that “global warming” is contributing to the historic pace of home runs so far this season.
“I think the bats, plus the balls, plus launch angles, plus pitchers throwing hard, plus global warming is why there’s so many home runs,” Santangelo said in the fifth inning, just after White Sox rookie Eloy Jimenez hit a monster home run to centerfield.
Santangelo’s puzzling remark came in response to a comment from play-by-play announcer Bob Carpenter, who said Major League Baseball was “giving fans what they want,” likely a reference to the wide-held belief that baseballs are “juiced” this season. The record for most home runs ever in a single month was crushed in May, and players are currently on pace to shatter the record for most home runs in a season.
More likely explanations for the spike in home runs include that the ball is indeed juiced or that players have changed their approach and now swing for the fences constantly. Santangelo also believes bat makers have now “mastered” the craft and are making a stronger bat. read more
Designated Bullshitter…
It’s a damn good thing MLB teams don’t fly private jets to their away games.
Wait…what?
Santangelo was making a pretty witty/sarcastic comment on global warming being blamed for EVERYTHING!….LOL!!!!….The real cause is that the pitching sucks…..Hell, the Mets and the Pirates and 90% of the other teams could switch pitching staffs just to get better room rates at Ramada Inns and nobody would care….
OT, but the BLUES WON!
We owe that bar in Philly !!
Gloria!
Well, when the defense is playing the shift for damned near every at-bat, of course players are going to be swinging for the fences! I would like to know, and baseball could produce these stats, how many solo-shot HR’s have been produced while the defense played the shift. i bet it’s mind-boggling.
…I forgot to add….GO PIRATES!…MEDIOCRE IS A WIN IN DODGEBALL!!!!
I wonder how many strike-outs have been recorded in the same time-frame.
That’s the point Bman…..The shift can be beaten if the dumbasses would learn to hit in the gap….Who was it? Maybe Wee Willy Keeler who said “Hit it where they ain’t”……could the shift work on Rod Carew, Ty Cobb, Roberto Clemente, Tony Gwynn et al…..It’s baseball…..”Let’s play two”….Earnie Banks…..
Wait, what? Global warming is causing baseballs to fly out of fair field? Oh! the tragedy!
Because the science is settled that steroids and growth hormone don’t affect strength.
I haven’t paid much attention to baseball over the last several years, but in the late 90’s early 2000 time frame I correctly prognosticated (against the opinions of other fans that I knew) that not only were the balls juiced, but the players were too (Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, etc.) based on my many years of playing baseball.
If the same thing is going on now, the balls are probably juiced and the players have likely found a way around the testing protocols for performance enhancing drugs – maybe with the owner’s approval to offset the decline in paying customers to watch baseball games.
Sadly, it ain’t the same game (or not the same players with only natural ability) that Ruth, Cobb, Dimaggio and Mantle played as much as we would like it to be.
I truly miss ol’ time baseball played by people that did it for the enjoyment of the game (as well as the much smaller paycheck that went with it in those days).
THE REDICULIST
If they keep going, they’ll eventually find an issue you care about, and we be part of the Global Warming alarmists.
*Ancient Mummies Turn into ‘Black Ooze’ Because of Climate Change
*Climate Change Is Killing Us Right Now -New Republic
*America’s beloved dogs and cats play a significant role in causing global warming, according to a new study by UCLA.
*Does the marathon hasten climate change?
*‘Every organ system can be affected by climate change’ –Al Gore
*Another danger of climate change: Giant flying boulders?
*Joe Biden blames global warming for forest fires
*Car crashes contribute to climate change
*CBS blames global warming for bad winter
*Climate change kills the mood
*Congresswoman Claims Climate Change Will Turn Women into Prostitutes
*Claim: Climate Change will Stop Women from Wanting Sex
*Global warming helped create ISIS
*Climate change caused Paris attacks
*African campaigners demand compensation for effects of global warming
*Global warming might be causing dogs to become depressed, say pet behaviourists
*Global Warming may Bring More Ferguson Violence
*IPCC Author 25 Years Of Climate Policies Made Us Poorer
*German Chancellor Merkel We must hit climate target to avoid refugee waves
*Mystery of the dust storms sweeping the world caused by global warming
*Obama To Claim Climate Change Is Risk To Our Health
*President Obama Blames Climate Change for Lung Problems
*Scientists to ‘fast-track’ evidence linking global warming to wild weather
*The remote Alaskan village that needs to be relocated due to climate change
*Venezuela Rations Electricity, Blames Climate Change
*Wesley Clark Climate Change ‘Behind a Lot of the Violence in Syria’
*U.S. Professor Blame Climate Change for Islamic State
*Gassy Cows Are Warming The Planet, And They’re Here To Stay
*Climate change already causing extreme weather, disappearing islands and less productive workdays, say experts
*NYT Warns Of Global Warming Floods Of Biblical Proportions
*Rising temperatures due to #climatechange are exposing bacteria & disease threats we thought were gone forever (Chelsea Clinton)
*Climate change will make UK weather too wet and too dry, says Met Office
*Global Warming causing shark attacks
*Professor Islamophobia Accelerates Global Warming
*Experts say climate change could result in higher coffee prices
*Climate Change will make to cost of cereal go up
*Buy less pet toys, and own smaller dogs for Climate Change
*The Guardian tries to claim global warming sank the Titanic
*Behind the rise of Boko Haram – ecological disaster
*Salamanders shrinking due to climate change
*Snakes the size of school buses? Horses the size of house cats? It happened before and could happen again
*Climate change a likely culprit in coqui frog’s altered calls, say UCLA biologists
*Expert Ian Stirling’s polar bear “died of climate change”
*Climate Change And Turbulence Link? Warmer Air Could Mean A Bumpier Airplane Ride
*Climate change worsening all aspects of life in Asia, says IPCC
*Climate change pushes Montana sparrow north into Canada
*Climbing Mt. Everest will be harder due to Climate Change
*World’s top climate scientists confess: Global warming is just QUARTER what we thought
*Your afternoon chocolate bar may be fueling climate change, destroying protected forests and threatening elephants, chimpanzees and hippos in West Africa, research suggests.
*‘Climate Change’ Could Make Warmists Dumber, Study Says John Hawkins’
*Why climate change is creating a new generation of child brides Society The Guardian
*Nationals Announcer Blames Home Run Spike on Global Warming-Washington Free Beacon
Global warming must be the reason for the good economy too.
Or is it just that it took ten years for the Obama/Biden economic policies to take effect.
After all they sure like to take credit for it.
If the “climate emergency” (Please keep up with the latest propaganda word) causes mass migration, surely this is a good thing according to “progressives”, no?
That’s juuuussst a bit outside!
I would have gone with “toxic masculinity”, but, whatever.
FP is a mouthy cuck and I am surprised Bob doesn’t knock him out! That stated, I am sure he was being sarcastic.
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
Because it’s finally warm enough to play baseball outdoors?
Because everything is traceable to globull warming–or Trump