On-Deck: Ballpark Analysis: Doubles Yielded

Posts: 4543 · Posted: Apr 25, 2007 2:49 am

On Deck: Ballpark Analysis: Doubles Yielded

In the past two weeks, we've looked at two of the bigger factors that led to how a ballpark played......

Posts: 6749 · Posted: Apr 25, 2007 9:33 pm

Very enjoyable and informative read! Thanks Jim!

Posts: 2302 · Posted: Apr 25, 2007 9:38 pm

Ive been waiting for this article ever since we talked about it briefly a few weeks ago. Nice job, Thanks!

Posts: 1704 · Posted: Apr 25, 2007 9:48 pm

No problem. I'm going to try and stick with something like this once a week throughout the year. We'll obviously run out of some of the "Ballpark Factors" that we're covering, such as how a park plays to, well, just about anything. However, I'll find something else that I can try and throw in that's going to be unique in this slot. Expect these articles every Tuesday or Wednesday throughout the year as part of On Deck.... we're also running our breakdowns of the upcoming weekly schedules, positional updates (cycling with different positions), and I have some other ideas on the way. They're all going to be broken down categorically in the side menu so that you can easily access the information you're after.

Great to hear that some of you are enjoying this, and feel free to spread the word!

Posts: 2302 · Posted: Apr 25, 2007 10:22 pm

Yea, Im pretty excited with everything thats going on. Its all pretty interesting. Im sure you guys have plenty of ideas to keep this going. One unique topic I was thinking about would be discussing weather, but that would take some extensive research...

Posts: 7269 · Posted: Apr 25, 2007 10:24 pm

Knew2Know wrote:

Yea, Im pretty excited with everything thats going on. Its all pretty interesting. Im sure you guys have plenty of ideas to keep this going. One unique topic I was thinking about would be discussing weather, but that would take some extensive research...

You mean dome vs. open games?

Posts: 1704 · Posted: Apr 25, 2007 10:31 pm

I'm thinking he means wind patterns, cold vs. warm (a big key in how some parks, such as Wrigley Field, for example, play), things like that.

That would be a lot more difficult, though I'll consider seeing how much I can look into it. At the very least, it would be interesting as hell to put together. The big problem (at least comparatively with how I do the rest of the rankings) would be making sure that we're looking at equal home/road games and equal (or at least similar) competition when breaking it down by month, etc.

Part of what makes the system (based on the whole season) work is that teams generally (with the exception of their interleague opponents) will play the same competition at home as they will on the road. In other words, their pitchers will face the same (general) lineups at home and on the road and they'll usually face similar pitching. By using their home and road numbers vs. the same opposition, we're seeing how the park plays in comparison with how it plays against the same competition in other parks.

Posts: 2302 · Posted: Apr 25, 2007 10:56 pm

Jim Meyerriecks wrote:

I'm thinking he means wind patterns, cold vs. warm (a big key in how some parks, such as Wrigley Field, for example, play), things like that.

That would be a lot more difficult, though I'll consider seeing how much I can look into it. At the very least, it would be interesting as hell to put together. The big problem (at least comparatively with how I do the rest of the rankings) would be making sure that we're looking at equal home/road games and equal (or at least similar) competition when breaking it down by month, etc.

Part of what makes the system (based on the whole season) work is that teams generally (with the exception of their interleague opponents) will play the same competition at home as they will on the road. In other words, their pitchers will face the same (general) lineups at home and on the road and they'll usually face similar pitching. By using their home and road numbers vs. the same opposition, we're seeing how the park plays in comparison with how it plays against the same competition in other parks.

Thats exactly what I mean... I wouldnt be surprised if you dug deep enough into MLB stats that you might stumble across some information regarding this topic.. With all the press towards the thin-air in Coors, one would start to think that teams have scouting reports on weather conditions all around the country and not just one stadium. Example: Like you mentioned, other parks have unique weather concerns, such as Chicago, but what else do teams know about certain teams home parks that we dont necessarily know...

Its funny this came up though because tonight on the NESN broadcast of the Red Sox game, Don and Remy (the broadcasters) were talking about how the wind was blowing in and that its normally never blowing in at Camden Yards.... I guess the only place you could go with this is to do a study of which direction each stadium faces and how wind currents effect ball games.... just a thought..