Rockies' experiment with baseballs backfires
Q :What was the point of the Colorado Rockies baseball team placing balls in a high-humidity chamber for several months before games? Were they trying to cheat?
A :It was actually done in the name of fair play, New Scientist magazine says. The Rockies play in high-altitude Denver , where the thin air means batted baseballs travel up to 20 feet farther than at sea level. So, the humidity chambers were an attemp...
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