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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei
Nonsense, and I showed you why. If the cause was anything BUT tailoring to any significant degree, then the home teams would have better stats. They don't, but they still win more games. The only way they can do that is to be more efficient - i.e, be better tailored.
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Ok, I've got to ask this since I've seen you state this several times in this thread but can you please elaborate on what you mean by taloring their teams to their stadiums? MD, you have said yourself that the only significant stastical difference between home and away is strikeouts and walks. How would these two stats be affected by taloring a team to the park.
In my mind, taloring a team to the park would show a difference in hits, home runs, errors, and ect... but would not expect to see a difference between walks and strikeouts.
Now, perhaps its not the tayloring to the ballpark but being used to the ballpark. Taking batting practice with the same batters eye every day, with the sun at the same angles. That to me would mean the batters could see the ball better, thus being able to determine a strike vs a ball.
This could be taken even further. Perhaps add a familiarity rating for each ballpark. You would see teams playing in new stadiums strugle for the first part of their first season but their familarity with the stadium would increase faster than that of their opponents. In turn, if a player was traded, he would have to become more familer with his park before he starts to benifit. On the flip side, if he visited his old team's park perhaps he sees the ball better there until his familarity decreases because he doesn't play there as often.
Just my
John