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Paul Mancano

@paulmancano.bsky.social

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Orioles, Ravens podcaster/TikTok guy. I save my good tweets for @sports.thebaltimorebanner.com‬. Past: MASN. Time Person of the Year 2006. He/him

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Paul Mancano @paulmancano.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

After Coby Mayo's graduation, Samuel Basallo (No. 11) is the only #Orioles prospect in @mlbpipeline.com's top 100. By my count, this the first time since 2017 the O's have had just one top-100 prospect. That prospect was catcher Chance Sisco.

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Paul Mancano @paulmancano.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Kjerstad, Henderson, Colton Cowser… This #Orioles team is loaded with powerful left-handed hitters. But even Heston acknowledges it would take a miracle to hit the warehouse.

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Paul Mancano @paulmancano.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

It’s 318 feet to the wall, then about 108 feet from the foul pole to the warehouse. But the field is 21 feet below Eutaw Street. @mikepetriello.bsky.social estimates the projected distance at 460-470 feet. That’s far. And there’s another problem with trying to pull a ball that far…

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Paul Mancano @paulmancano.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

But opposing lift is drag, and the environmental conditions can have a huge effect on how far a baseball travels. Temp, humidity and wind are critical. Orioles assistant GM Sig Mejdal notes that sometimes a little rain can help a ball travel father.

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Paul Mancano @paulmancano.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

.@rbcomes.bsky.social, who was at the ’93 derby, had no idea he’d witnesses a singular event. Now a physics professor, he attempted to answer my query. He points out the reason the ideal launch angle for a homer is 25-30 degrees, and not 45, is because the backspin on a ball creates lift.

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Paul Mancano @paulmancano.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

In 1993, Ken Griffey Jr. hit a Home Run Derby ball off the warehouse at Camden Yards, becoming the first and only player to do so. Why has no one done it since? I spoke with 3 physicists, @mikepetriello.bsky.social, Sig Mejdal and #Orioles OF Heston Kjerstad to try to get an answer 🧵

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Paul Mancano @paulmancano.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Owings Mills*

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