3...2...1...Liftoff, New YS Park Effects

[ORS]

Why didn't the Yankees just say NASA was involved in the new stadium? Nobody would have batted an eye at the construction costs if this was acknowledged publically.

 

It's only a handful of games, but the new Yankee Stadium appears to have park effects that would make Coors Field blush. This came up even before the season started, as several who watched the exhibition games noted that the ball seemed to leave the park with extreme ease. Let's look at how things have shaken out early this year.

 

[table]Where|Games|HR|HRA|(HR+HRA)/Game

Home|3|8|9|5.67

Away|9|11|8|2.11[/table]

 

That's a HR park factor of 2.69. That's insane.

 

Now, I'm aware that most who have studied park effects think you need at least 3 years worth of data to come up with a reliable park factor, and I don't anticipate this crazy number to hold up. However, a "reliable park factor" is something used to adjust a player's stats to a neutral field of play, which is not what I'm trying to do. I do think that this is an interesting development in the brief history of the new park, and it's something that I think warrants attention moving forward.

 

Anyone with knowledge of both parks have an idea as to cause? Were there prevailing winds into the old YS that are shutoff by the newer, larger OF structure? I know the orientation is just slightly different than the old YS, but does the new stadium concourse allow more helping winds to blow through and add carry to the ball?

[pinstripezac]

Why didn't the Yankees just say NASA was involved in the new stadium? Nobody would have batted an eye at the construction costs if this was acknowledged publically.

 

I'm thinking if I was in a better mood that would be even funnier

 

I do think that this is an interesting development in the brief history of the new park, and it's something that I think warrants attention moving forward.

 

 

interesting enough, but even though you said a few times

 

I feel the need to say'' it's way to early'' again

 

 

Anyone with knowledge of both parks have an idea as to cause? Were there prevailing winds into the old YS that are shutoff by the newer, larger OF structure? I know the orientation is just slightly different than the old YS, but does the new stadium concourse allow more helping winds to blow through and add carry to the ball?

 

 

all I know is they said that homeplate wasin the same posiition as far as the sun goes

 

 

to be cont.........

[BSN07]

I know it's pretty much the same park, but with some of the new additions, the air flow through out the stadium could be different.

 

I mentioned last night in the YG thread that the place is playing like a sandbox in April. I can't imagine how balls are going to fly out come this summer.

[ORS]

Bandbox, not sandbox.

[BoSox21]

Buster Olney wrote an article about the ridiculousness of the new RF

 

"With the way the wind has been the last couple of days, right field is a joke," one official said. "I would say at least three or four home runs in this series would be routine outs in nearly every park."

 

New Yankee Stadium on steroids?

[Gom]

I've been there twice already, so I'll say this.

 

The new stadium is definitely "windier". Something you don't notice on TV is that the only wall the outside wall. What I'm trying to say is that if you get up to go to get some food or go to the bathroom, you can watch the game as there is no wall separating the concession stands and the field. It's defintely "draftier".

 

What this may have is an effect of a windtunnel effect.

[TheKilo]

Choo just went yard.

[yankees228]

Strangely Brian Cashman admitted that the fences in right field are closer than the dimensions state. Seems like an odd admission, but it is pretty obvious to the naked eye if you are in the ballpark.

 

Source: http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2009/04/21/game-14-athletics-at-yankees/ (it's in this post)

[riverside sluggers]

Well this is one park Ortiz knows he'll get some homeruns

[rician blast]

But wait, Susan Waldman said that in the heat of July and August the ball doesn't carry, so it won't be as big of a problem.

 

What a fkn moron.

 

Same woman that once said "Perfect pitcher's pitch, 0-2 fastball right down the middle."

[Cocos Disciples]

OF ALL THE DRAMATIC THINGS I'VE EVAH SEEN!

[TheKilo]

Melky Cabrera has hit four homeruns here in about a week.

 

that's all you need to know.

[Cocos Disciples]

Strangely Brian Cashman admitted that the fences in right field are closer than the dimensions state. Seems like an odd admission, but it is pretty obvious to the naked eye if you are in the ballpark.

 

Source: http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2009/04/21/game-14-athletics-at-yankees/ (it's in this post)

 

What I've heard (no source), is that while the distance is accurate where it is actually printed on the fence, in the places in between it is a substantial distance further in.

[TheKilo]

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090420&content_id=4354540&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

 

Giambi briefly reflected on his time as a Yankee, but first he was asked for his impressions of the new digs. It's a $1.5 billion behemoth that sits across the street from the still-standing old yard.

 

"It's gorgeous. Gigantic," Giambi said. "It's like when people first walked into the Titanic; it's enormous."

[Cocos Disciples]

I can't see the two places having the same fate.

[TheKilo]

It's a metaphor

[Dojji]

It's an excellent metaphor.

[Cocos Disciples]

Are you sure it's not literally going to hit an iceberg?

[Dojji]

Not unless their hitters get really, really cold.

[Youk Of The Nation]

But wait, Susan Waldman said that in the heat of July and August the ball doesn't carry, so it won't be as big of a problem.

 

What a fkn moron.

 

Same woman that once said "Perfect pitcher's pitch, 0-2 fastball right down the middle."

 

The thing I hate most about her announcing, more than anything, is when someone makes a webgem play. No matter whether it's a 30-time Gold Glover or Frank Thomas on a lucky stab, her first reaction is 'so-and-so is actually a very underrated defensive player'