cubs O/U 12 hmmmmmmmmm

Quote Originally Posted by ptl647:

how is humidity play on the totals??? 

Humidity

High humidity actually yields air that is less dense, thus providing less air resistance for a traveling ball and allowing it to go further. This is an interesting and counterintuitive fact due to water vapor being lighter (in mass) than oxygen and nitrogen in air. Taking it back to high school chemistry, density equals mass over volume. The more water vapor that's present in the air, the lighter and less resistant the air is. Check it out.

Temperature

Air expands as it warms. So warm air is less dense -- there's more space between the air molecules -- than cold air. Warm temperatures therefore also help a ball to travel a bit farther. Warmer-than-average temperatures across the country may have played a significant role in the home run spike of April 2006.

Wind

All due respect, you best heed the advice of someone who lives in the city and near the ballpark.  I live 20 miles north and would still defer to those like Wildcats as the weather conditions fluxuate quite a bit in this area.  In fact, most of the weather reports come out of O'Hare airport which is well away from Wrigley.  Kind of amusing that an out-of-towner would claim a local's weather info "all wrong".

Quote Originally Posted by Benadito:

The line started as 11.5, now 12 and climbing, people are betting 65% in the under and still climbing... Now 12.5 

are the books trying to trick us with "reverse line movement" ?  b/ that just sounds like a ridiculous number for the over.....

If your play is contigent upon the weather conditions, I would wait until the pre-game show at 1:00p CDT.  Not too long ago, 20 miles north of the city, the wind was blowing hard from the SW causing everyone to jump on the over.  Yet, come pre-game, the wind at Wrigley was mysteriously blown in just as hard which had everybody baffled...even the meteorologists.  That's how screwed up the weather can be in the Chicago Metro area.  Take my advice for what it's worth.

Mozart - of those stations listed, Wrigleyville would be the closest.  However, I notice that the wind direction is constantly changing ranging from the NW to the SSW which further supports my previous post of waiting until the pre-game show. 

I never said it was blowing out at 35mph.