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Excuse me for my Ignorance, I've played strat for a couple of years but have never payed extremely close attention to all the little extras' on the batters cards ie, #, > (the ballpark singles and homers). If I'm reading this correctly when a gut has a > in front of a single or an out and the roll is higher than the rating of a ball park that guy gets a hit. That to me means it would be easier for a right handed hitter to get a single in Petco where the Ballpark rating is 1 than in lets say COORS where the rating is alot higher? I never really read that closely and assumed that the singles were the same as the homers (a roll under). If this is the case this changes my whole outlook on some things being that I always thought that a higher ballpark singles rating (1-15 would make it easier to get singles there aswell. It hasn't hurt me too bad in that I have a .543 winning % in 2005 and 8 out of 12 teams have made the playoffs but jeez this is a huge revelation for me. So someone please confirm this for me is it easier to get a single in PETCO than in COORS?

thanks

I'm under the impression that SI readings read the same as BPHR, that is that the # and the > are both a hit when the roll is [u:248b66474a]lower[/u:248b66474a] than the BP rating. Haven't read anything to make me think otherwise, nor have I had any stats in the different parks I've played that would make me think otherwise...but then again I may be wrong.

Wait a tick...

This from the "How to read a card"

[quote:b3f4eac171]# -- Ballpark home run reading. An additional roll determines whether there is a home run or a flyout. Obviously, the probability varies by ballpark and whether the hitter is lefthanded or righthanded. The original result listed is ignored -- in effect, the result will be determined by "rolling against" the ballpark's home run rating (a random number from 1-20). [u:b3f4eac171]If the number rolled is equal to or lower [/u:b3f4eac171]than the ballpark's rating for a left- or righthanded hitter, it is a home run.

> -- Ballpark singles rating. An additional roll determines whether there is a single or a lineout. The probability varies by ballpark and whether the hitter is lefthanded or righthanded. The original result listed is ignored -- in effect, the result will be determined by "rolling against" the ballpark's singles rating (a random number from 1-20). [u:b3f4eac171]If the number rolled is equal to or higher[/u:b3f4eac171] than the ballpark's rating for a left- or righthanded hitter, it is a single.[/quote:b3f4eac171]

Guess this would validate what you're refering to Rosco, still, as I said before given the stats I've come up with in different parks I would think this is a type-o

Either way, .543 Winning %...that sounds gravy!

Typo.

Wow. I hope that's a type. You don't know how many times I've selected parks with big ballpark singles ratings because I assumed it was equal to or lower for the hit. That would suck.

So strat guys is this a TYPO or what it would be good to know? It has me confused and thinking harder than I like to.

definitely a TYPO!!!

If you look at How to read pitcher's card, both > and # states if a roll is equal to or higher than the bp rating.

We all know it is easier to hit bphr in Coors than in Petco

If Dean says it's a typo I'll bet donuts to dollars that it IS a typo. Heck if Dean says that my whole existance is a typo I'll bet me against myself that I'm nothing but a byproduct of my own wild imagination. :D

Thanks everyone for setting my mind at ease and making everything in my world ok again. I kind of find it hard to believe that this is the 1st time this type-O has been noticed? I wonder if this has ever totally ruined a team for someone?

just to clarify for me aswell can someone explain when the N and W become important on the hitters card.