4.8 • 28.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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0:00.0 | Majorly baseball ratings are up 42%. |
0:03.3 | Many people are giving credit for the increase |
0:06.0 | to recent rule changes that have reduced the length of the game. |
0:09.9 | The pitch clock, tighter-bought criteria, bigger bases, |
0:13.7 | but scientists at Dartmouth have identified |
0:16.3 | another potential culprit for the viewership spike. |
0:19.7 | You guessed it, global warming. |
0:22.4 | According to the Dartmouth scientists, global warming |
0:26.5 | has led to an increase in home runs hit across the league. |
0:30.9 | The scientists have determined somehow |
0:33.3 | that more than 500 home runs over the past decade |
0:37.1 | have been due to global warming. |
0:38.7 | Not due to all of the steroids they're injecting |
0:41.1 | that make their heads three time their normal size. |
0:42.7 | No, no, no, no. |
0:43.4 | It is the sun monster that is causing the home runs. |
0:46.9 | Now, I am actually not making fun of the study. |
0:50.2 | It is a clever study. |
0:51.7 | It's absurd, but it's clever. |
0:53.3 | The sort of silly exercise that academics sometimes undertake |
0:57.9 | to demonstrate their methodological prowess and skill |
1:02.7 | by proving ridiculous points. |
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