Do pitches break less at Coors Field?

[Trackball]

Asking because I decided to take what may be the ultimate RTTS challenge: being a knuckleballer for the Colorado Rockies.

Couldn't find a thread that talked about this.

I know balls get hit farther at Coors--there's even a perk for that.

[nomo17k]

Re: Do pitches break less at Coors Field?

Asking because I decided to take what may be the ultimate RTTS challenge: being a knuckleballer for the Colorado Rockies.

Couldn't find a thread that talked about this.

I know balls get hit farther at Coors--there's even a perk for that.

From this thread long time ago:

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...6&postcount=13

Contact determines the direction and velocity of the ball, as well as ball spin. Wind is also known on any given hit. Given this info, it's possible to predict where the ball will land before it lands. You could even predict the entire ball path ahead of time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory_of_a_projectile

Once the landing point or ball path is known, you can simply compare that against the stadium.

The ballpark dimension definitely affects home run chances, as the hitting system has no concept of home runs. When we tested various teams and stadiums, Yankee stadium produced way more home runs than other stadiums. We don't take for granted that things will work out the same as real life, but it's a good sign when it does.

One other thing you can see when in these stadiums is your pitch breaks are slightly lower. Your pitch speeds are slightly higher. This is visible in the pitch break indicator in 1P games.

[Trackball]

Re: Do pitches break less at Coors Field?

Wow, I didn't even know what this website WAS back then.

Thanks for the info straight from a dev. I appreciate it.

Good thing I set the four-seamer as his second pitch...