I think "When The Grass Was Real" could finally be on to something in a baseball game in regards to the campaign option.  However, I thought some kind of stadium models would be necessary to get a degree of realism as one would play out team by team during a season(s).  Do you build a team of great pitchers because you play in a wide open ballpark or do you try for some left handed power to play to your stadium's short right field fence.

I put together a list of current major league parks as well as some from the past, a total of 60 stadiums.  I also included a model to play each park not simply by the dimesions, but also by the height of the wall.  This way, the game can be played as per the 'official' rules, or by my modified wall charts, which will be described below.  

Any of this comes into play only after the FLY? chart has been consulted.  All rules regarding the at-bat itself are unaffected.  Below is an example from the list (It may be helpful to print out the list to have handy when going over these instructions):



Stadium		LFL	LF	LCF	CF	RCF	RF	RFL	CARRY	WIND	FOUL TER.



Fenway Park   310/37  325/37  379/37  420/17   380/5   317/5   302/3     +6    WINDY     SMALL

WALL? CHART  310-315 325-330 379-384 420-425  380-385 317-322 302-307 
DOUBLE	     316-328 331-344 385-399 426-431
HOMERUN	      329 +   345 +   400 +   432 +    386 +   323 +   308 +



It may not be exactly as the PDF file, but it will do the job.

Stadium:	The name of the Stadium
LFL:		Left Field Line
LF:		Left Field
LCF:		Left-Center Field
CF:		Center Field
RCF:		Right-Center Field
RF:		Right Field
RFL:		Right Field Line
CARRY:		Add or Subract CARRY to the distance of a Flyball (e.g. +6 = 6 feet)
WIND:		Charts and Instructions are provided in 'official' rules
FOUL TER.:	Charts and instructions are provided in 'official' rules


The top line in bold (310/37, 325/37, etc.) is the distance and the wall height (310 feet down LFL / Wall 	is 37 feet high).  These can be used if the 'official' rules are being used regarding FLY? 			and WALL? charts.


The following instructions are how to use my modified rules regarding flyballs to the wall.  "Modified 			Distance" is the distance of a flyball after WIND effects and CARRY rating are applied.  			Obviously the dimensions from the top line stay the same.
 
The second line (WALL? CHART) is used if the modified distance of the flyball is 'to the wall' but short 
 	enough to make an attempt at a catch.  I have provided charts, with the stadiums, to consult in 		the event the flyball lands within this range.
The third line (DOUBLE) is simple.  If the modified distance of a flyball lands within this range, if 			there is a range, the ball is considered to have hit high off the wall.  Batter to 2B, runners 			advance 2 bases, runner on 1B can RISK? going home.
The fourth line (HOMERUN) is clear, if the flyball has enough distance equal to or greater than this 			number, the hit is considered uncatchable, a homerun.


This is really just a little project for me, so I would be interested in any kind of advice to make the charts or stadiums more realistic.  Especially the charts, they are pretty basic ideas that I think could use some work and maybe a few more options.

I have been looking for a baseball game with this kind of potential for a long time, so hopefully with everybody's input it can continue to grow.


CREDITS


The whole project was inspired by the "When The Grass Was Real" table-top baseball game.  
Copyright  2004 by Brien Martin and Ted Turocy. (http://econweb.tamu.edu/turocy/WTGWR/)

I compiled the information (dimensions, wall heights, foul territory, carry) from several different sites in reference to ballparks such as ESPN.com, baseball-reference.com, ballparks.com, baseball-almanac.com

Wind ratings were compiled from houseandhome.msn.com by comparing the cities were the park is located to the national average wind speeds



If anyone has any questions about this, please email me at: barleyoates@yahoo.com


   Thank You,

     Adam


