Source: newyork.cbslocal.com --- Thursday, November 09, 2017
BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The last World Series was one for the record books with more home runs hit than ever before – and some believe it is because of the heat. As CBS2’s Steve Overmyer reported Thursday, that hypothesis was the focus of an experiment by a world-renowned scientist and a special lab partner. In a chemistry lab at Long Island University Post, an alliance between sports and science has been born. Dr. Lawrence Rocks is the world-renowned scientist, while Paul DeJong is a shortstop with the St. Louis Cardinals who has a degree in biochemistry. Mets fans will remember DeJong, who became a Met killer this year with the Cardinals. He led all NL shortstops with 25 home runs. This offseason, he has traded his jersey for a lab coat. “In high school, I just enjoyed the physics and chemistry classes more than I enjoyed reading ‘Catcher in the Rye,’” DeJong said. On Thursday, DeJong was working with one of his heroes. Rocks authored “The Energy Crisis” in 1972 and worked with Congress to create the Department of Energy. The two men, both elite in their fields, came together where Baseball and data converge. The old theory is the warmer the ball, the farther if flies. DeJong and Rocks tested the theory first by dropping a room-temperature Baseball from a height of 50 centimeters and measured how it bounced up – and then altering the temperature for further tests. Such experiments are part of DeJong’s offseason workout ...
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