Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 16, 2006
Homebodys

Nick and Nick try to figure out why the Twins are so good at home and so poor on the road. We think of parks as effecting players the same way. If a park increases scoring, it does so for both teams. If it hurts offense, it does so for both teams. But the Twins go on the road, and their offense goes way down. Meanwhile, their pitchers allow many more runs. In 31 home games, they are outscoring the opposition 169-134. But in 34 away games, they're being outscored 168-135. With all the recent new construction in baseball, the Metrodome became an unusual park. Is it so unusual that the opposition can't adjust to it, while the Twins can't adjust away from it?


Posted by David Pinto at 08:42 AM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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Domes actually have a stronger home advantage in baseball, historically, than other fields. Last I'd read, theories were based on crowd volume contributing to errors by visiting fielders who were unaccustomed to the increased noise there.

Posted by: Mike at June 16, 2006 09:48 AM
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