Archive for the 'Rockies' Category

A tour of big league ballparks, if patiently undertaken, can show you what’s really inside.

Using Statcast data to study the flight of a baseball.

Collecting 2015 wind data for every ballpark.

The longest drought is much longer than you think.

Putting together a pitching staff in mile-high Coors Field has been a thankless task from the beginning.

Updating a particular slice of the record book that doesn’t reflect how the game is played today.

Even the big league team next door can jilt an affiliate.

It’s a grasshopper with a bad back trying to jump out of a paper bag. It’s … unsettling.

Some teams are reliable performers, others are far from it