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I am referring to Wrigley Field 1941 where strat has transformed Wrigley Field into a small ball park.They have also
changed it into a variety of other home run havens in left hand hitters, right hand hitters, both, not to mention fiddling
with the ball park singles.Now , the dimensions of the playing field have not changed since 1938.There have been
some minor changes, the baskets which alter the trajectory of some home runs, changing the distance to the backstop by 2 feet and changing it back.But nothing that would seem to account for the dramatic variety of ball park homeruns
ratings.So what is the basis for the change in ratings?Wrigley is afflicted with a great variety of winds. Is that the basis
for these differences? Did they study the historical data. Or did they just wing it? And the curious matter of ball park
single ratings. I have no idea how these are determined but it would seem that Wrigley's should be uniformally high
as the park has the smallest amount of foul territory in the majors. limiting the number of defensive catches.
Does anybody know how they determine this stuff? I have been going to Wrigley for 65 years starting with the 1947
All Star Game and it always looks the same to me.But apparently it changes every few years and I don't notice it.
More fool me.
changed it into a variety of other home run havens in left hand hitters, right hand hitters, both, not to mention fiddling
with the ball park singles.Now , the dimensions of the playing field have not changed since 1938.There have been
some minor changes, the baskets which alter the trajectory of some home runs, changing the distance to the backstop by 2 feet and changing it back.But nothing that would seem to account for the dramatic variety of ball park homeruns
ratings.So what is the basis for the change in ratings?Wrigley is afflicted with a great variety of winds. Is that the basis
for these differences? Did they study the historical data. Or did they just wing it? And the curious matter of ball park
single ratings. I have no idea how these are determined but it would seem that Wrigley's should be uniformally high
as the park has the smallest amount of foul territory in the majors. limiting the number of defensive catches.
Does anybody know how they determine this stuff? I have been going to Wrigley for 65 years starting with the 1947
All Star Game and it always looks the same to me.But apparently it changes every few years and I don't notice it.
More fool me.