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Is there an explanation for the right field fence?

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by Sky Kalkman on Jan 7, 2009 3:08 PM EST reply actions

I assume they want it to look interesting, idiosyncratic and as little as the cookie-cutter Shea as possible

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by Scott McKinney on Jan 7, 2009 3:19 PM EST up reply actions

it looks pretty strange, huh? i see a lot of awkwardly played triples coming off it.

by APV on Jan 7, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t think this went into their design process, but I like that as a nice home field advantage move. The guys that play there regularly are going to know how to play the wall. Visiting OFers will be at a decided disadvantage.

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by Scott McKinney on Jan 7, 2009 5:08 PM EST up reply actions

I'm not certain, but I do know that the right field upper deck extend over right field about 10' like the old Tiger Stadium. I wonder how much it would effect homeruns

by walkoffwalk on Jan 8, 2009 3:50 PM EST up reply actions

Shea was pretty unfriendly to hitters

Looks like Citi will be even moreso. Although we don’t know about the wind factors of the new stadium. But if I were Minaya, I’d start looking into more line drive hitters and fewer big fly power hitters.

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by Scott McKinney on Jan 7, 2009 3:20 PM EST reply actions

Projecting Shea ..

… I have been hoping to publish this at Beyond the Box Score, but tables make it too big … working on getting it smaller. Here is a link to it on my blog.

I have a writeup on Citi towards the end of the article. Summary: Using regression, I was able to get a formula predicting park factors and it looks like Citi, do to its dimensions and foul territory, score ~10 runs less during a season.

I assumed same elevation (haven’t been able to find it for Citi and temperature (no games played).

by Jeff Zimmerman on Jan 7, 2009 3:39 PM EST reply actions

As it is in the parking lot right beside Shea, it must have the same elevation and temperature. Of course you never know what a new park’s architecture will do to the wind effects.

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by Scott McKinney on Jan 7, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions

How many fewer runs does Shea cause over a season than the average park?

Both predicted by your model and actually, I suppose…

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by Sky Kalkman on Jan 7, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions

the elevation throughout queens

is pretty low. i would think you could find this on GoogleEarth pretty easily.

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by jessef on Jan 7, 2009 7:05 PM EST up reply actions

That's crazy that you can predict that kinda stuff before a single game has been played there.

Freaking amazing. Good work.

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by bdalebs on Jan 7, 2009 8:38 PM EST up reply actions