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    Ballpark Layouts

    Someone mentioned a while back that they were misled on a website exactly how the wind was blowing in a specific stadium.

    Here's a list I use when looking at wind; not sure all of the stadium names are up-to-date since they seem to change often these days. If anyone finds a discrepancy, let me know.

    Angel Stadium – Anaheim
    1B to LF (S – N)

    AT&T Park – San Francisco
    Home to Center (W – E)

    Busch Std III – St. Louis
    Home to Center (SW – NE)

    Chase Field – Phoenix
    Home to Center (S – N)

    Citi Field – Queens
    Home to Center (SSW – NNE)

    Citizens Bank Park – Philadelphia
    Home to Center (S – N)

    Comerica Park – Detroit
    Home to Center (NNW – SSE)

    Coors Field – Denver
    Home to Center (S – N)

    Dodger Stadium – Los Angeles
    Home to Center (S – N)

    Dolphins Stadium – Miami
    Home to Center (W – E)

    Fenway Park – Boston
    1B to LF (S – N)

    Great American Ballpark – Cincinnati
    3B to RF (N – S)

    Jacobs Field – Cleveland
    Home to Center (SW – NE)

    Kauffman Stadium – Kansas City
    Home to Center (SW – NE)

    Miller Park – Milwaukee
    3B to RF (N – S)

    Minute Maid Park – Houston
    Home to Center (SE – NW)

    Nationals Park - Washington DC
    Home to Center (SW - NE)

    Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum – Oakland
    Home to Center (SW – NE)

    Oriole Park – Baltimore
    Home to Center (S – N)

    Petco Park – San Diego
    Home to Center (S-N)

    PNC Park – Pittsburgh
    3B to RF (N - S)

    Rangers Ballpark – Arlington, TX
    3B to RF (N – S)

    Rogers Centre – Toronto
    Home to Center (S – N)

    Safeco Field – Seattle
    Home to Center (SW – NE)

    Target Field – Minneapolis
    Home to Center (W - E)

    Tropicana Field – Tampa
    Home to Center (SW – NE)

    Turner Field – Atlanta
    Home to Center (SW – NE)

    US Cellular Field – Chicago
    Home to Center (NW – SE)

    Wrigley Field – Chicago
    Home to Center (SW – NE)

    Yankee Stadium – Bronx
    Home to Center (W – E)
    Last edited by Willie Bee; 04-09-10 at 02:28 PM. Reason: add Target Field layout in Minneapolis
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    ???

    how do you use this information? are you plan to make a list of left/right hand hitters, left/right hand pitchers?

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    Pico, it's just a tool for determining how wind might affect a particular ballgame.

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    Also, weather.com has a listing of all the games that when you click on it, an arrow shows on the diamond which way the wind is blowing. For example, follow this link:

    http://www.weather.com/outlook/event...eventid=209684

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    Someone a week back said they had been misinformed by the weather.com listing, so that's why I stuck this info up.

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    Really good stuff Wiilie Bee.

    Thanks for the info.

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    willie bee is that u in the pic??

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    I wish. But I'm not that good looking.

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    How about a list that classifies whether a park is a pitcher's park or a hitter's park. Anyone got any data or a list on that?

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    Minute Maid is a hitter's park down the LF line and a pitcher's park to straightaway center.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Willie Bee View Post
    Minute Maid is a hitter's park down the LF line and a pitcher's park to straightaway center.

    Miller Park is a pitcher's park with the roof open, but its a wind tunnel for hitters with roof closed.

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    Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and Boston are a few of my personal favorite "OVER" parks!

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    Original Post & Poster.

    Thank you.

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    Hitters parks - phils , reds , astros , rockies . Pitcher friendly parks - Nats , Padres , Marlins , Giants , As , Mariners . More or less is true , Rockies has changed but still hitters park to me .

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    The Ballpark That Dubya Built up in Arlington, Texas, is far more a hitter's park than Houston.

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    good info ... thanks

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    Is the key number for betting with/against wind 10 MPH?

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    Interesting Information. Thanks.

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    Willie bee, thanks for the good info.. Gonna copy your list as i believe it will come in very handy.. Nice job..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skidcom View Post
    Is the key number for betting with/against wind 10 MPH?
    Sorry for the tardy response, but just now seeing this post. The key is really knowing how winds react from certain directions in different parks. For instance, in old Candlestick you could have winds blowing in from left center which, on the surface sound like a good thing for pitchers. Yet those winds could swirl at home plate and be blowing out down the right field line.

    I think under 10 MPH isn't going to affect most balls either way, speaking generally. Over 10 and you have to start thinking about them. If Jose Lima is on the mound, just think of the wind as blowing out at gale force

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    It's Lima(homer) time!

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    Thanks for the tips and links guys!!!!!!!

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    I will use these for baseball

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    Quote Originally Posted by INVEGA MAN View Post
    I will use these for baseball
    just curious - what else could this possibly be used for and while there may at times be some truth to wind blowing out helping a game go over just think about how many runs are scored as a result of a couple of walks, singles and errors. all i'm saying is when you start factoring the % of touchbacks a kicker has which teams punter has more balls pinned inside the 20 the you run the risk of handicapping yourself right out of the game. the only thing that matters or has ever mattered in winning money beting on sports is where the line is set at the open followed by a distant second where the line moves after it is set. you can make a mint going opposite lines that open too good to be true. ie tonights baseball stl -120 over san fran . you dont even have to watch the game just bet san fran and go to sleep wake up in the morning and find out how much san fran won by. keep it simple. to everyone else who insist on handicapping rather than just reading lines best of luck to you.

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    wow very interesting

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    which parks have had dimensions changed in recent years? isn't there a new park in use this season? important to know for us home run bettors

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    There is a new park in use this season, note the edited first post to show layout of Nationals Park in Washington DC.

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    If the total is 9 and the wind is 10mph or higher, I bet the over for the game. If the total is 9 and the wind is 8mph or lower i bet the under for the game!

    /sarcasm

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    Thanks....great info. GL

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    anyone know where i can find the parks shape

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    Quote Originally Posted by jesterson View Post
    Also, weather.com has a listing of all the games that when you click on it, an arrow shows on the diamond which way the wind is blowing. For example, follow this link:

    http://www.weather.com/outlook[img]h...eventid=209684
    i think the white sox field is sw to ne like wrigley

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    Quote Originally Posted by trotter9 View Post
    i think the white sox field is sw to ne like wrigley
    I think Old Comiskey used to sit the same way, trotter. But when they built the new park, they shifted it about 90°. According to this link, if you're standing at 2B and looking towards 3B, you are facing North. In fact, I'm assuming that the photo on that page in the link was taken in the afternoon, in which case it clearly shows the sun going down behind the 1B line of the stands (that way you avoid the danger of having a setting sun being in the hitter's eyes).

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    Good info.

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    I believe you used to be able to count on two fingers the parks that weren't laid out with Home-to-Center being in an Easterly or SouthEasterly direction. Those two were Wrigley and Fenway. It was a rule to lay out fields in that manner in order to keep the setting sun out of the batter's eyes since all games used to take place in the afternoon way back when. That's how we got the word 'southpaw' for left-handers since they would be facing south when looking at a runner on first base.

    It's not a rule any longer, though I do think teams have to go through a formal approval process to deviate too much from that.

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    Thanks for the info!

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