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#58424	05/05/2018 2:11:48 pm	Jan 15th, 2036
xLee227 Joined: 07/06/2015 Posts: 269 Inactive	I'm considering a switch from grass to turf this season and was wondering if anyone has had experience with this? It seems like the overwhelming majority of teams have grass fields so I'd be interested to see first-hand what the results have been like. Just as some background for my personal situation, I've been thinking about this because my team's hitters have consistently had a very high GB/FB ratio (1.2+ GB/FB, almost always highest in the league) and we're very much a contact-orientated team with lots of speed, low power, etc. My pitchers have fluctuated a bit in terms of GB/FB, but generally have been in the lower half of the league, usually just above 1 GB/FB. Updated Saturday, May 5 2018 @ 2:14:17 pm PDT

#58425	05/05/2018 3:40:13 pm	Jan 15th, 2036
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 884 Kodiak Mules III.3	In my experience Turf will increase BA by _a lot_ both for your team and the opponents. Whatever it may imply...

#58427	05/05/2018 4:47:48 pm	Jan 15th, 2036
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I've been thinking about this because my team's hitters have consistently had a very high GB/FB ratio (1.2+ GB/FB, almost always highest in the league) and we're very much a contact-orientated team with lots of speed, low power, etc. You're trying to think logically, which from my experience doesn't work here. I don't think your ground ball hitters will get any more of a boost than fly ball hitters. I've experimented with all sorts of settings and I'm convinced a generic factor is applied to every thing. Another example--if you make a tiny right field and a gigantic left field, I think you'll see no effect of either because they balance each other out.

#58482	05/07/2018 8:29:37 am	Jan 15th, 2036
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1166 Bloomington Thunder Legends	Lee, I did just that for a couple of seasons when I had very little power. Really did raise the offense. I also had terrible pitching so I wasn't worried about it coming back to bite me when the other team was hitting. For outfield walls, Mike is right. Building an asymmetrical park is just for fun. IIRC, the game engine will decide Homerun first, then where and how far.

#58501	05/08/2018 12:23:10 pm	Jan 15th, 2036
xLee227 Joined: 07/06/2015 Posts: 269 Inactive	Thanks to everyone for their input! I think I'm going to stick with grass and experiment with other ballpark factors. Updated Tuesday, May 8 2018 @ 12:23:39 pm PDT