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Called Up but Moving Down: Elevation and Minor League Ballparks
| March 26, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Geo-Analysis |
Baseball is an interesting sport to follow geographically, as every ballpark comes with its own unique environment characteristics. Perhaps the most famous example of this is the “Coors Field Effect,” where the thin air of the Rockies’ 5,200 foot-high home field makes the place a hitter’s paradise. A comprehensive study on this effect found that from 1995-1998 the average fly-ball in… more
