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Re: [Phys-l] TV technology, the World Series and physics

And all teachers should teach the same methods to each student? NCLB for the MLB? :)

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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Lapinski
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:35 PM
To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] TV technology, the World Series and physics

I don't follow baseball, but used to. Just wanting uniform parks, as in
other sports.


Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu> writes:
weak hitters? 2011 Phillies? How long have you been following
baseball?


On Oct 20, 2011, at 9:27 PM, Anthony Lapinski wrote:

Interesting stats! Thanks for the web link!

Still, other things being equal, it IS easier to hit a home run out
of a
smaller park! This has been my main point. Now, whether it actually
happens or not is irrelevant. A team could be in a small park and
simply
have "weak" hitters.

Daryl@DarylScience.com writes:
Two comments from one who contributes little to this list, but
gains
much.

1. YouTube video has been removed due to a trademark thing with
MLB. It
is, however, at an MLB site:
http://tinyurl.com/64mgtt5

2. Some conversation has been thrown around here about the sizes of
ball
parks and how the different sizes and shapes of the parks actually
influence the game. Let it be known first that I am not a baseball
fan. I
look at baseball quite a bit like I view golf; good thing to be on
TV
if
I'm planning a nap. However, since my wife if a long term die-hard
Phillies fan, I've been force to gain a bit of insight into the
games
intricacies and inequities as reported by the highly educated
sports
commentators. One comment I have heard repeated over and over in
the
past
5 or 6 years since Philly's Citizen's Bank Park opened is that the
park
is small and it's the "hitter's dream" and Ryan Howard "only has
all
those home runs because he's been playing in such a small park".
Data,
our friend as scientists, does not bear these statements out.

Take a look at http://www.hittrackeronline.com/stadiums.php ,
ESPN's
database of ballpark data. Seems the Phillies park, as small as all
the
commentators keep saying it is, ranks 10th in the National League
with
1.64 homeruns per game. 10th out of 16 parks. Compared to American
League
parks? Philly would also be 10th; tied with Angels Stadium that
placed
10th in the American League. Overall Citizen's Bank Park in Philly,
the
"hitter's park" according to the commentators, is 19th in MLB.
That's
out
of 30 teams total. I'm not that good at math, but seems like that
is
just
south of average.

So, several list contributors who claimed that different sized
parks
don't matter seem to be right.

Just in case you are interested, the most homeruns this past season
were
hit at AmeriQuest Field; the Texas Rangers place considered a
"large"
park. Hmmm... Good team hitting lots-O-longballs? Just sayin'...


Daryl L Taylor, Fizzix & Astronomy Guy
Greenwich, CT

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2. :
a
crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man.) Take your pick.

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