Oh man, HG. I'm disappointed. You actually believe in this humidor conspiracy?
You do realize the humidor has been in use at Coors for more than just last year, right? And you do realize that humidors are being incorporated at ALL major league stadiums now, right?
The humidor story was just something to get you talking about baseball and buying newspapers or clickin' links.
Anyway, back to the subject at hand. With all of the early cancellations we've had, I would hate to start thinking of any current trends as something that will hold true for much longer, much less for the entire season. But what jzila is seeing, at least in terms of the runs scored, is a bit true so far.
Went back and just figured up total run frequencies for the last two weeks. There has been a little more offense on the weekend, and that might be attributed to a lot of the weekend games being played in the daytime when it's a bit warmer. So yes, weather factors might be playing into this. But humidor settings? No.
April 9-12, Mon-Thu, total runs in games:
11+ runs: 10 (23%)
9-10 runs: 7 (14%)
7-8 runs: 7 (14%)
6 or less: 23 (48%)
April 13-15, Fri-Sun, total runs in games:
11+ runs: 13 (35%)
9-10 runs: 11 (29%)
7-8 runs: 5 (13%)
6 or less: 8 (21%)
April 16-19, Mon-Thu, total runs in games:
11+ runs: 18 (34%)
9-10 runs: 14 (26%)
7-8 runs: 10 (19%)
6 or less: 10 (19%)
April 20-22, Fri-Sun, total runs in games:
11+ runs: 21 (46%)
9-10 runs: 9 (20%)
7-8 runs: 6 (13%)
6 or less: 9 (20%)