Good morning, Viva El Birdos!
You get a short article from me today because the issue that I had planned to write about ended up being no issue at all. That doesn’t mean that it’s not a little newsworthy, though.
That issue, as you can tell from the title, is Park Factors.
What are park factors?
Environment can have a huge impact on the way a baseball game is played. Altitude. Temperature. Humidity. Dimensions. Wind conditions. All of those things affect the way that pitches break and spin and balls travel off bats when struck.