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#45950	02/23/2017 1:53:23 am
wil_m Joined: 01/08/2016 Posts: 248 Inactive	I did some checking and in Legends, II.1, and II.2 there is only 1 team with a Dome ballpark. And that team just promoted up from league level III. I have a dome and I have been wondering if it causes more home runs and makes pitcher ERAs hgher. The best teams seem to have open air ballparks. Last Season I made my ballpark more pitcher friendly and that helped. But I wonder if my dome is still more of a "homer dome" than a comparable open air ballpark would be. I do not know if the game factors in such things, but I wonder if my pitchers would have better ERA in an open air ballpark? Updated Thursday, February 23 2017 @ 2:50:13 am PST

#45951	02/23/2017 4:02:02 am
Yuri84 Joined: 10/14/2014 Posts: 639 Apple Valley Raccoons IV.4	I'm trying a dome this season after playing 11 seasons (damn, already 11?!!) with open field. Will gladly keep you updated on my pitchers performance.

#45954	02/23/2017 4:32:37 am
wil_m Joined: 01/08/2016 Posts: 248 Inactive	Thanks that will be great!

#45955	02/23/2017 4:48:19 am
Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 786 Pierre Jacobins III.3	This is my twelfth season with a dome. And my pitching has for the most part been good while my offense not so much.

#45960	02/23/2017 8:14:56 am
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1166 Bloomington Thunder Legends	I used a dome before. The thing that affected me most was it kept weather effects from affecting pitchers. Since my pitching wasn't better than average, I suffered. Translation: it does even out the pitching. Unless you have a great pitching advantage over your opponents, I would stay with an open air park so you can get the occasional weather effect to affect your opponent, too.

#45994	02/23/2017 11:47:25 pm
Dubniam Joined: 10/26/2015 Posts: 4 Inactive	I don't know if it effects homeruns but I do know you end up getting more outfield errors.

#45996	02/24/2017 12:25:05 am
wil_m Joined: 01/08/2016 Posts: 248 Inactive	Yea, I've noticed the outfield error increase myself as well. I think in a dome you need better fielding outfielders. I may move out of my done for season 2032 if I feel it is effecting my pitchers too much - and causing too many outfield errors from my outfielders. Updated Friday, February 24 2017 @ 12:35:37 am PST

#46000	02/24/2017 7:06:42 am
HoboMan6525 Joined: 08/17/2016 Posts: 43 Inactive	this is really interesting. i didn't know there was any correlation between ballpark and player performance. ive used an open park since i started playing (honestly hasn't been that long) and my pitching is incredible. i feel we perform spectacularly every season. my hitting is pretty good but maybe i should try a dome next season and see if that changes anything.