You know those great, analytical pieces by sites such as Fangraphs that take a theory, look at data, then come to a conclusion with all kinds of cool information and graphs? This isn’t going to be one of those. We are going to create one together, hopefully.
See, I’d love to look into a theory of mine but don’t really have the scientific background or sense of where to start looking. So I’m asking for some help from my friends, many of whom I know are great at math, research, or some combination of the two.
Here’s my theory: juiced baseballs are reducing the spread between hitters ballparks and pitcher friendly ballparks by making pitchers parks more offensive friendly.