Baseball Stadium Orientations - Ballpark Shadows - watching MLB online(?)

[Santacapper]

Ballpark Orientations American League Ballparks
Park-by-Park Orientations
N W E S Anaheim Angels Angel Stadium	N W E S Baltimore Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards
N W E S Boston Red Sox Fenway Park	N W E S Chicago White Sox U.S. Cellular Field
N W E S Cleveland Indians Jacobs Field	N W E S Detroit Tigers Comerica Park
N W E S Kansas City Royals Kauffman Stadium	N W E S Minnesota Twins Metrodome
N W E S New York Yankees Yankee Stadium	N W E S Oakland Athletics McAfee Coliseum
N W E S Seattle Mariners Safeco Field	N W E S Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tropicana Field
N W E S Texas Rangers Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	N W E S Toronto Blue Jays Rogers Centre

N W E S Arizona Diamondbacks Chase Field	N W E S Atlanta Braves Turner Field
N W E S Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field	N W E S Cincinnati Reds Great American Ballpark
N W E S Colorado Rockies Coors Field	N W E S Florida Marlins Dolphin Stadium
N W E S Houston Astros Minute Maid Park	N W E S Los Angeles Dodgers Dodger Stadium
N W E S Milwaukee Brewers Miller Park	N W E S New York Mets Shea Stadium
N W E S Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park	N W E S Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park
N W E S San Diego Padres PETCO Park	N W E S San Francisco Giants AT&T Park
N W E S St. Louis Cardinals Busch Stadium (II)	N W E S Washington Nationals RFK Stadium

[eckofiger]

whats the point of this?

[Santacapper]

whats the point of this?

are you kidding me? Probably because orientation and the wind go hand in hand...

[@CTG_BAR]

Thats an awesome tool for baseball cappers

[JPicks]

great stuff. hope this stays stickied for the whole year.

[@CTG_BAR]

great stuff. hope this stays stickied for the whole year.

It will

[eckofiger]

wasn't trying to be a smart ass.

[gpcyan3]

quality thread.
enough said.

[macdamn]

Great tool, thanks for posting this Santa. I'm going to make a PDF of this right now.

[jimbof20]

wow...why didnt I look at this earlier..GREAT THREAD

[texasfight]

I have been following this site for quite awhile now and this is BY FAR the most useful post i have read. i printed it up and use it daily. if you are betting totals ... it is basically a combination of pitchers , lineup, stadium , umpire and weather (wind direction and strength , temperature, rain , snow , humidity). this post is useful.

[The Farm]

[Joe Public]

Yeah, I don't even bet baseball and I've got to say, this is a great f**king post.

[Fondybadger]

If you click "detailed forecast" from weather.com here, you get the wind speed and ball park direction as well, plus now they list how a team does during the day, night, temperature and with windy conditions.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/event...GORY&attrib=be

[oakas]

Wow. That is some great information, Santa.

Thanks for posting it.

[c.r.e.a.m.]

Thanks for the post Santa!

This is a big help!

Cheers!!!

[STEED]

wow, good stuff santa, thx

[The Farm]

I can waste hours in this thread

[sodapop]

http://www.weather.com/activities/ev...om=breadcrumbs

[sodapop]

Oops Sorry Fondy I See You Beat Me Too The Punch...

[DrAtomic]

Props for this. I use it everyday.

[degenerate1]

This is my first post but I come here everyday to look at the directions of the stadium.

[C-Gold]

so does this work as you would logically think it would?

If the wind is blowing 10 MPH directly east, and you take yankee stadium which points directly east, doest that mean the batter has 10 Miles of wind directly at his back?

Does the stadium block the wind, and cause it to swirl differently?
Would there instead be a windstream up at a certain point in the air?

Does the temperature/humidity have an effect on this as well?

I can remember some stadiums maybe even in football where the flags will be blowing one way at one point of the stadium, but other flags will be blowing a different direction. I believe the actual tall structure of the stadium will give say Giants stadium swirling winds.

Can anybody comment on how to interpret this data. Is it really as simple as everybody assumes?

[degenerate1]

My thoughts are that each stadium is different so you can't generalize anything by any means. It's just a matter of using the information anyway you can.

Quick general thoughts on a few stadiums, caveat: I'm sure some of my opinion are based more on team results rather than stadium design:

San Diego - hardly ever goes over.
Texas - look for hot and humid days for overs.
LAD - goes over more in day than night.
Yankee stadium - always get it back-ass backwards, have no idea.
SF - even when wind blowing out, still hard for the total to go over.

[Santacapper]

Think you're just thinking too much into it.... knowing that the wind is blowing in from right, or out to left, whatever the case may be is better than not knowing.

You dont need to get into the physics of a ball during humid days to cap a card IMO.

[degenerate1]

Think wind is most useful when applying to flyball pitchers and stadiums that are small and when you combine both wind direction is the most useful.

[reNew Orleans]

bump and re sticky?

one thing I'd like to know, I remember checking the weather channel and some stadiums orientation didn't correlate with what was listed by baseball-almanac .

If i remember correctly, the Cards was one of them.

Also the Nats isn't updated.

Nationals Park vs. RFK Stadium
Total Capacity
41,222	46,000
Field Dimensions
Left Field 336 ft	Left Field 335 ft
Left Center 377 ft	Left Center 380 ft
Center Field 403 ft	Center Field 410 ft
Right Center 370 ft	Right Center 380 ft
Right Field 335 ft	Right Field 335 ft

RFK vs. Nationals Stadium

[Shortline]

bump and re sticky?

one thing I'd like to know, I remember checking the weather channel and some stadiums orientation didn't correlate with what was listed by baseball-almanac .

If i remember correctly, the Cards was one of them.

Good post here...BTW, Cards played in new stadium last year.

[Griller]

Good shit, boys.

[YesSir]

what site did you get these off of?

[reNew Orleans]

www.baseball-almanac.com

[tendog]

the Cardinals moved 2 or 3 years ago, the orientation doesnt look right. I will check and report back unless there are Cardinal locals here who know. Yankee Stadium is a tough one, very difficult to find a weather advantage there. Another interesting site is ballparktour.com this is an excellent thread. thanks

[imgn]

tendog....pretty sure that the Cardinals orientation is correct and note that it states Busch Stadium ( 11 ) on bottom of configuration

[imgn]

( ll )

[tendog]

thanks imgn, now we can look forward to the new stadiums in New York.

[Mr Baseball]

Bump, this is very important to serious cappers

[Mr Baseball]

Bump and sticky please

[VK]

sticky incoming ... do we have orientations for the new ballparks in here ?

[reNew Orleans]

sticky incoming ... do we have orientations for the new ballparks in here ?

no idea if these are up to date, I dont think they were when St. Louis started playing in their new ballpark. weather.com also conflicts sometimes if i remember correctly?

[reNew Orleans]

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/AmericanLeague.htm
http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/NationalLeague.htm

its up to date. the orientation of the ballparks are provided in the map at the bottom of the team pages so you know which way the wind is blowing.

or you can go to weather.com
http://www.weather.com/activities/ev...eventsfeatures