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Baseball Hitters: Last Blog
So I tried to do as much as I could to answer my big question. "Do some players have advantages over others because of where they play?"
I found out a few things I didn’t know about baseball, like that baseball parks are all different, have different size fields and players play in different weather in different cities.
Many different players can play at different fields and be good at where they play, but there’s other fields that have different dimensions in the outfield, which can favor hitters but also can favor pitchers. The parks that players aren’t really used to may effect them differently then people who have played there before and used to what it's like. Some rookies coming into the Majors may start off bad, or may do well where they’re going to play. People may not do well when they first start off but I’m sure after the season progresses they will get used to where they’re playing at.
Big power hitters love to play at fields with shorter lengths at the home run wall. Because they have better chances of making home runs, instead of playing at fields with longer home run walls, because this would favor the pitcher a lot because then hitters will have a harder chance of getting the ball over the wall.
I feel that where players play, it does effect how they play and some of the players do have advantages over others. I thinks it's all about where they play is how its going to effect how there going to play.
I found out a few things I didn’t know about baseball, like that baseball parks are all different, have different size fields and players play in different weather in different cities.
Many different players can play at different fields and be good at where they play, but there’s other fields that have different dimensions in the outfield, which can favor hitters but also can favor pitchers. The parks that players aren’t really used to may effect them differently then people who have played there before and used to what it's like. Some rookies coming into the Majors may start off bad, or may do well where they’re going to play. People may not do well when they first start off but I’m sure after the season progresses they will get used to where they’re playing at.
Big power hitters love to play at fields with shorter lengths at the home run wall. Because they have better chances of making home runs, instead of playing at fields with longer home run walls, because this would favor the pitcher a lot because then hitters will have a harder chance of getting the ball over the wall.
I feel that where players play, it does effect how they play and some of the players do have advantages over others. I thinks it's all about where they play is how its going to effect how there going to play.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Baseball Hitters: What dimensions have to do with it.
Parks that mostly would favor the pitcher are parks with longer dimensions against the wall, like how far the wall is from home plate.
At Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY. The dimensions are 318ft. in left field, 314ft. in right field and 408ft. in center field. This park is ranked 5th in the hitters parks chart. It seems more that if the outfield walls are shorter then its going to favor the hitter because at Shea Stadium, left and right field are 330ft. and left center is 378ft. This park favors the pitcher because its harder for a hitter to get a homer off the pitcher do to the home run walls being so far.
The new Yankee Stadium is going to favor left handed batters, with the right field foul pole being 295ft. And in right center its going to shoot out to 429ft. The left field pole is going to measure 281ft. And by left center its 460ft.
Yankee Stadium benefits almost both hitters and pitchers because the outfield corners are so short, so it gives pull hitters a big home run advantage. Pitcher, Roger Clemens went 9-5 with a 3.56 ERA at home and going 5-5 on the road with a 6.20 ERA. Any Pettitte was the same way going 10-3 at home with a 3.16 ERA and 5-7 on the road with a 4.97 ERA. But hes the type of pitcher who lets his defense do work to and not try and always strike the batter out, and if he thinks he may end up walking the batter, he'll give him a strike so he can hit iit and the defense can back him up.
"Yankee Stadium." New York Yankees. 5 Jun 2008 http://www.baseball-statistics.com/Ballparks/NYY/.
At Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY. The dimensions are 318ft. in left field, 314ft. in right field and 408ft. in center field. This park is ranked 5th in the hitters parks chart. It seems more that if the outfield walls are shorter then its going to favor the hitter because at Shea Stadium, left and right field are 330ft. and left center is 378ft. This park favors the pitcher because its harder for a hitter to get a homer off the pitcher do to the home run walls being so far.
The new Yankee Stadium is going to favor left handed batters, with the right field foul pole being 295ft. And in right center its going to shoot out to 429ft. The left field pole is going to measure 281ft. And by left center its 460ft.
Yankee Stadium benefits almost both hitters and pitchers because the outfield corners are so short, so it gives pull hitters a big home run advantage. Pitcher, Roger Clemens went 9-5 with a 3.56 ERA at home and going 5-5 on the road with a 6.20 ERA. Any Pettitte was the same way going 10-3 at home with a 3.16 ERA and 5-7 on the road with a 4.97 ERA. But hes the type of pitcher who lets his defense do work to and not try and always strike the batter out, and if he thinks he may end up walking the batter, he'll give him a strike so he can hit iit and the defense can back him up.
"Yankee Stadium." New York Yankees. 5 Jun 2008 http://www.baseball-statistics.com/Ballparks/NYY/.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Lets Sum it All Up- Athlete's Salaries
Final Reflection
Over the past month or so, I have been trying solve if Professional Athletes salaries are justified? Now that everything is coming to an end, I feel as if I failed. But I still came up with good stuff, and some interesting facts about Athlete's salaries. During research, some of the questions I had have changed, but still worth while. I always tried to find the information but it seemed as if there was none. I could not help if there wasn't any written documents of players whining about money, but I did find alot of other useful information.
Who makes the standards for player salaries? This was a foundation question that I had, but I never really found an answer to it. I really wanted to know who sets it up. I wanted to know who is the mastermind behind the player asking for 23 million to play next year. As for all the moves that happen within an organization, I wondered who was the guy who says, "I will pay 18 million for 'such and such' to play on my team." Does that come from the owner? Do the owners even play a part in the process? I feel as if I definitely failed on this one, but I made up for on other questions.
Another foundational question that always bothers me would be, what makes a difference between two athletes? If you were to take two athletes from different sports and compare the two, you should not see that much of a difference. The players should have drive to compete, they should be in top physical condition and they should understand that they are just players on a team. This way if they know they are just one player on a team, they would understand that a team needs every member to contribute. Nobody wants to be a backup to anybody, but a backup is a very useful guy. He or she is always one event waiting to play. But to really find what makes a difference between two athletes would be impossible, the only viable difference is the sport that he or she plays. There is no real way you can compare Danica Patrick (Female IRL Driver) to Sidney Crosby (NHL-Pittsburgh Penguins Captain/Center), other then to say that they give all they can to there sport.
As for the whole, and to answer the essential question of the search, are Athlete's Salaries justified? I would answer no. True, they do alot of work but it is not like they are saving lives. I do believe that athletes should be paid well, but not to the standards of today's market. A person who can catch a football should not be paid more than someone who finds the cure for a disease or save someones life on the emergency table. These people are everyday heroes that go unnoticed most of the time. What I want to know is why do athletes feel like they should be paid that much? What are they going to do with the money, buy the latest gas guzzler or maybe a house with 23 bedrooms instead of three. I know that I repeat this through all of my posts but I am very opinionated on the subject. Who do the athletes think they are, gods above men?
Over the past month or so, I have been trying solve if Professional Athletes salaries are justified? Now that everything is coming to an end, I feel as if I failed. But I still came up with good stuff, and some interesting facts about Athlete's salaries. During research, some of the questions I had have changed, but still worth while. I always tried to find the information but it seemed as if there was none. I could not help if there wasn't any written documents of players whining about money, but I did find alot of other useful information.
Who makes the standards for player salaries? This was a foundation question that I had, but I never really found an answer to it. I really wanted to know who sets it up. I wanted to know who is the mastermind behind the player asking for 23 million to play next year. As for all the moves that happen within an organization, I wondered who was the guy who says, "I will pay 18 million for 'such and such' to play on my team." Does that come from the owner? Do the owners even play a part in the process? I feel as if I definitely failed on this one, but I made up for on other questions.
Another foundational question that always bothers me would be, what makes a difference between two athletes? If you were to take two athletes from different sports and compare the two, you should not see that much of a difference. The players should have drive to compete, they should be in top physical condition and they should understand that they are just players on a team. This way if they know they are just one player on a team, they would understand that a team needs every member to contribute. Nobody wants to be a backup to anybody, but a backup is a very useful guy. He or she is always one event waiting to play. But to really find what makes a difference between two athletes would be impossible, the only viable difference is the sport that he or she plays. There is no real way you can compare Danica Patrick (Female IRL Driver) to Sidney Crosby (NHL-Pittsburgh Penguins Captain/Center), other then to say that they give all they can to there sport.
As for the whole, and to answer the essential question of the search, are Athlete's Salaries justified? I would answer no. True, they do alot of work but it is not like they are saving lives. I do believe that athletes should be paid well, but not to the standards of today's market. A person who can catch a football should not be paid more than someone who finds the cure for a disease or save someones life on the emergency table. These people are everyday heroes that go unnoticed most of the time. What I want to know is why do athletes feel like they should be paid that much? What are they going to do with the money, buy the latest gas guzzler or maybe a house with 23 bedrooms instead of three. I know that I repeat this through all of my posts but I am very opinionated on the subject. Who do the athletes think they are, gods above men?
Monday, May 19, 2008
On Friday May 16, I took a look at the MLB Park Factors and Coors Field was #2 on the charts with a 1.129, so I looked at the park factors today and as of yesterday (May 18) there #4 on the chart with a 1.183, They had a 3 game series against the Minnesota Twins, they lost the first game 4-2 but won the other two games, but not by much.
I'm not sure where Arizona was on the charts on Friday but today they are #1 with a 1.273. At Chase Field, if your a lefty batter this field will boost up your home run totals because Chase Field gives an 18 percent boost to their home runs and increases runs total from both sides of the plate by 12 percent.
Its said that at Chase Field its one of the more favored hitters parks in the major leagues, its ranked 5th in runs scored, 7th in total hits allowed and 11th in home runs allowed. At home the Diamondbacks are 31-9
Lopuch, Jonathan. "Baseball Effects." NEWS & ANALYSIS MLB 05/05/2006 20 May 2008 http://fanballnews.com/article.php?article_id=5610.
Mass, AJ. "Arizona Diamondbacks fantasy team preview." ESPN Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit 27/02/2008 21 May 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=mlbdk2k8aripreview.
I'm not sure where Arizona was on the charts on Friday but today they are #1 with a 1.273. At Chase Field, if your a lefty batter this field will boost up your home run totals because Chase Field gives an 18 percent boost to their home runs and increases runs total from both sides of the plate by 12 percent.
Its said that at Chase Field its one of the more favored hitters parks in the major leagues, its ranked 5th in runs scored, 7th in total hits allowed and 11th in home runs allowed. At home the Diamondbacks are 31-9
Lopuch, Jonathan. "Baseball Effects." NEWS & ANALYSIS MLB 05/05/2006 20 May 2008 http://fanballnews.com/article.php?article_id=5610.
Mass, AJ. "Arizona Diamondbacks fantasy team preview." ESPN Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit 27/02/2008 21 May 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=mlbdk2k8aripreview.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
drfting school
When I was doing serch i found a place in california where they show you how to drift. What you do is go to ther web site driftday.com then preregister, pay 250.00 and you get to drift all day. If you dont have a car to drift in you can rent one for 400.00. But if you do have your own car you have to get it inspected by the people that run it. I thought that was cool that make sure that your car is safe for you and the other drivers. I think that it would be a cool thing to try, you dont have to worry about the cops or hitting a wall. You could even get general certificate so you could try to get some type of job doing it. I found a fourm on it and a lot of people go to it, so it must be good.
drift day." drift day. 22 May 2008
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