Odd Weather Play

Wind blowing in turns an out into a hit

Odd Weather Play

It’s been a while since I posted any Diamond Mind Baseball play-by-play. During a 1949 Braves at Giants game, this odd play came up:

This is odd because I don’t think I’ve ever seen another game turn an out into a hit with the wind blowing in.

As you might already know, most games simply take hits away with the wind blowing in, and add extra hits with the wind blowing out. This is most obvious in the tabletop world, where there really isn’t a lot of room for total randomization — unless you want your customers rolling the dice all night long, that is.

The wind was blowing in at the Polo Grounds for this game — blowing in to the tune of 18 miles per hour. And that turned into some more conventional weather plays, like this one:

In the end, though, Johnny Mize took the wind head on and beat it:

Now, I’m not saying that Diamond Mind Baseball has a perfect weather system. It would be nice if there were internal weather logic that closely resembled real life. In other words, if the Giants are rained out, the Yankees should be rained out as well.

Still, stuff like this is really cool when you see it.