Park Factors-Wind

[Larryk007]

Does the wind at certain parks, example Wrigley Field, change the game play?

[venflaalachi]

I think it does. I've seen the play by play mention that the wind kept the ball fair, made the ball carry, kept the ball in the park, etc.

[Sweed]

The manual says weather affects games, but it only goes into detail about how it affects players.

How Weather Affects Games in OOTP
Each game played outdoors has weather, which can affect player performance and also the risk of injury. Some of the effects of weather include:

Players may tire more quickly on extremely hot days
Players may take a long time to get warmed up on cold days
Pitchers may take more pitches to warm up on cold days
Players are slightly more likely to suffer injuries in cold or rainy days
Pitcher stamina is less when the weather is poor

Note the part bolded by me says "some of the effects", not "all of the effects".
The original manual was written by Battists (IIRC), a massive job for one guy. Not noting the wind could just be something he didn't get to, or assumed was a given. While affect on players was something he thought needed explaining.
Only my assumption and I guess we won't know unless Battist was still around the boards and stopped in and told us.

The game notes a park's "normal" wind direction and speed, and that it does change from game to game. IE in your example of Wrigley some days the wind is "out", others "in", and others "side to side". Then add in all of the where it's from LF, CF, RF, or side to side of LF to RF/ RF to LF. While the manual doesn't specifically state this matters the effort that goes into the model, and my experience playing out thousands of games, tells me it does.

The weather model is as old as this version of OOTP. Coded in by Markus while under the FM/SI umbrella. Hard to believe it was done as "color" and not a working model. I guess with Markus retired, maybe the only 100% way of knowing would be Matt commenting and then someone amending the wiki manual.

[Pelican]

One factor I always try to note at the very beginning of a game is what the narrative says about the wind. There are several variations, but the parameters are out versus in versus lateral, and strong or light. If a strong wind is blowing out, and I have a fly ball pitcher starting, I murmur an "uh-oh". And of course the risk of giving up home runs is worse, if I'm playing in a smaller stadium. Anecdotally, I think this makes a difference on "borderline" long flies - ones that could go either way. I see what are pretty likely wind-blown homers (including by batters without power), and on other days long high flies caught on the warning track.

I had not thought about heat affecting stamina, or cold damp weather producing more injuries. But it makes sense.

[Larryk007]

I play a lot of games, and I do not see the wind issue. But I played a game today with the wind blowing out at Wrigley Field, which lead me to the post this morning. The games prior to this game had several homeruns which was unusual for my league. So, I expected a power show, instead I got a 2-0 shutout!!!! Ok, go figure(?)

[omg_pwnasaurus]

I had thought I have seen some infield pop ups and such turn into misadventures due to wind as well, at least I thought it was mentioned in the PbP but I could be misremembering.

[ColumbusJets]

I view the comments of the "announcer" the way I would view the radio broadcast of a game reconstructed from the Western Union ticker tape.

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