tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post965234868293339162..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: Eastern League Black Hole for Power: Dodd Stadiumobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-59286409052931228572007-02-21T10:45:00.000-08:002007-02-21T10:45:00.000-08:00You're welcome.I think that as long as the players...You're welcome.<BR/><BR/>I think that as long as the players are aware that they are in an environment that leans one way or another, they adjust their view to match the environment (though may complain, like Jeff Kent). Thus in a hitters environment like AAA in the PCL, pitchers understand that stats will be inflated and same for hitters. Same with AA and Eastern League, A+ and California League (known as hitters league), A- and South Atlantic League, etc.<BR/><BR/>However, when one park is skewed greatly relatively to the other parks, then that's where it plays on players minds, in my opinion. Or rather, when it is skewed and this is not acknowledged anywhere. I've neither seen or read about Dodd being so skewed, a pitchers park like Dodger Stadium or AT&T Mays Field (which was early in its life but not recently) or Tigers Stadium. Nothing. <BR/><BR/>Not that I've read all the Norwich newspapers, but I read about AA as much as AAA or A+ and while I've seen reference to both of those being hitter's leagues (thus inflated stats), I've seen nothing about AA. Poor Mike Cervanek has been struggling there for years, I wonder what it did to his career, I wish we had splits for his years there to see how he was affected.<BR/><BR/>So if the players are not aware that the park is screwing up their stats, they will just think that they are in some slump or something and some may decide to change their swing or approach - when it might have been OK or good - to improve things, throwing them out of sync when they get back out on the road again. It is hard to build confidence in your abilities if you are hot and cold, hitting well then hitting poorly, and not making the connection that it is your home park doing it to you and not just your own abilities. <BR/><BR/>That the Giants acknowledge that the home park needs a new configuration gives me hope that the players are at least aware that their is a home park negative on their stats. But as I showed with the numbers, it is about as extreme as can be in terms of power, particularly HR power. It is one thing to be aware that there is a problem, it is another thing to be aware of exactly how badly they are affected, which I don't think they know of, else there would have been articles on this in the Norwich papers and been discussed somewhere on some Giants website.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-64853433826845396272007-02-21T07:19:00.000-08:002007-02-21T07:19:00.000-08:00Martin, thanks for all your work on this subject. ...Martin, thanks for all your work on this subject. I tried to post this on your previous column about Dodd, but was unable to do so. Don't you think that that our A-AA-AAA progression is just horribly out of whack? As you said, Dodd must go. Somehow, I'm more comfortable with AAA being hitter-friendly than with AA being pitcher-friendly. I think both hitters and pitchers might develop bad habits in our AA environment. In AAA, maybe the adversity might help the pitchers. What do you think, overall?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com