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Originally Posted by dkgo
I do agree that the nonsensical park factors are a problem and maybe the root of all of it. There needs to be room for different strategies, but it is pretty obvious that it is always optimal to be at an extreme, and the extremes are pretty extreme. There is no park ever that gives you a 20 percent swing in batting average by handedness. No current park is wider than 5.
Overall though it is encouraging that they are willing to make changes based on feedback. Wont please everyone but I think everything will be well received by most.
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Very true that they can't please everyone. I don't envy the decision-makers there.
Right up there with the .900 vs 1.100 park factors has been the double dip splits. For the righty pitcher to get an advantage over a righty batter AND for the righty batter to get an additional nerf against said righty pitcher leads to people seeking out those extremes. I am cautiously optimistic that they've addressed this. Maybe it's not "fixed," but they have acknowledged it as something they've worked on. Then again people probably don't want totally split-less cards either, so this (like pleasing the special interest groups in the community) is a balancing act.