As we all know the air in Colorado is thin and the ball travels much further. I've heard it said that the thin air also keeps pitches from breaking as sharp as in other parks.
With this in mind I looked at how visiting teams faired when playing their first game out of Colorado. When returning to stadiums where the balls will break sharper.
There have only been 4 teams to study this from and the teams ended 2-2 SU. BUT neither of the 4 teams scored more then 2 runs:
SD won @ home 1-0 vs. Pitt
SF lost 2-7 @ SD
Ari won 2-1 @ SF
LAD lost 2-4 @ home vs. Ari
Florida (NEXT)
I know that besides Arizona these teams have not shown to be offensive in the least, but I still think this may be something to keep in mind in the future.
I'm not patient enough to go back to last years stats, just thought this could be interesting to look at.
With this in mind I looked at how visiting teams faired when playing their first game out of Colorado. When returning to stadiums where the balls will break sharper.
There have only been 4 teams to study this from and the teams ended 2-2 SU. BUT neither of the 4 teams scored more then 2 runs:
SD won @ home 1-0 vs. Pitt
SF lost 2-7 @ SD
Ari won 2-1 @ SF
LAD lost 2-4 @ home vs. Ari
Florida (NEXT)
I know that besides Arizona these teams have not shown to be offensive in the least, but I still think this may be something to keep in mind in the future.
I'm not patient enough to go back to last years stats, just thought this could be interesting to look at.
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