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    • June 19, 2009

    Baseball Graphics

    Devon Young sent me a link to this site, Flip Flop Fly Ball. The owner does a fantastic job creating graphics to show the history and statistics of the game. I especially like this one, showing the compass direction of home plate in each ballpark.

    Posted by David Pinto at 8:54 pm | Blogs | Permalink | 4 Comments

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    1. Richard Iurilli
      June 19th, 2009 @ 8:58 pm

      Why does no ballpark have a home plate that faces west? Seems a little odd. Is there some sort of superstition about facing west while batting?

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    2. David Pinto
      June 19th, 2009 @ 9:06 pm

      @Richard Iurilli: During afternoon games, you don’t want the batter starring into the sun.

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    3. Richard Iurilli
      June 19th, 2009 @ 10:27 pm

      Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

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    4. Baseball, explored infographically | River Avenue Blues
      June 23rd, 2009 @ 9:30 am

      [...] witnessed a mini-viral baseball phenomenon. Late on Friday night, David Pinto at Baseball Musings tossed up a post with a link to a site called Flip Flop Fly Ball. The site, run a baseball fan/graphic designer, [...]

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