MLB 2014 season thread

Through 7.

 

Taking it into the ninth.

 

On MLB Network now.

 

Too bad some of us don't have that channel. But we can watch OU-Tenn softball on both ESPN and ESPN News at the same time.

 

No-hitter, Josh Beckett.

 

If it were ABC, you could see the players' SO's as well.

 

Popeye's for the whole clubhouse!

 

On the same day Boston's losing streak reaches 10 games, worst since 1994.

 

A bit more research on Coors field. Hopefully, someone finds it fascinating as I do.

Rockies home only park factor. This is the batting factor of Colorado parks versus all other parks (not just the average including CO). This is supposed to be independent of the Rockies hitters and pitchers, just how much relative offense would be produced in games in CO versus all other NL parks.

'93: 140%
'94: 126%
Move to Coors
'95: 156%
'96: 158%
'97: 126%
'98: 150%
'99: 150%
'00: 158%
'01: 142%
Humidor
'02 134%
'03 120%
'04 138%
'05 120%
'06 114%
'07 118%
'08 110%
Humidor balls "monitored by league"
'09 126%
'10 136%
'11 132%
'12 148%
'13 120%
'14 134%

In '12 there was a discussion that offense was going crazy, but the Rockies team ERA+ was 89. Apparently though that is cancelled out in the park factors. Also keep in mind that offense is down in the majors compared to the period '93-'07 which I would loosely define as the steroid era, so while relative offense is up, total offense in the league is down by about 40%.

At a home park factor of 150%, my brief research suggests that a batter would bat 20% higher in CO, and hit 40% more home runs in CO (and drive in and score 50% more).

 

That is very interesting, Rainman.

The one thing that would also be good to see is the Rockies' offensive output vs. their opponents in 2002 through 2008, when they had the humidor but were delivering the balls to the umpire themselves instead of having the umpire supervise the distribution, and what it was before and after then. My guess is that the drop in offensive numbers in that 2002-08 span was much more concentrated on the road team.

 

With offense down across the board, the Rockies probably figured the humidor wasn't helping them or anyone else that much anymore.

 

... and few people in L.A. saw it because of greedy ownership and its TV deal.