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re: Why aren't baseball fields symmetrical?
Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:25 am to TigerPhan27
Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:25 am to TigerPhan27
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the only one that I can think of that is out of hand is the stupid hill and flag pole in play in Houston.
I hate the hill, but the look on Richie Sexson's face when his estimated 511 foot homer turned into a stand-up double off the flagpole... priceless.
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Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:30 am to oilfieldtiger
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You want to see a park that was f-up like polio, check out the old polo grounds layout. 280 to the LF wall, 258 to the RF wall, 414 & 395 to the power alleys, and 483 to the clubhouse balcony that overhang CF (505 to the fence beneath the balcony).
I love playing at the Polo Grounds on MVP 05, for that reason.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:30 am to Stagg8
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the look on Richie Sexson's face when his estimated 511 foot homer turned into a stand-up double off the flagpole... priceless.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:48 am to Pilot Tiger
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If Arlington's left and right fields were 330, they'd hit 200 HR's a year there. Same with Coors field
You must mean the alleys. Because down the line in left field is 332 and right field is 325.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:51 am to alajones
Shortly before the Dodgers left for Los Angeles, there was a plan to build a dome in Brooklyn, and the home run wall would be 380' all around.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:51 am to oilfieldtiger
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You want to see a park that was f-up like polio, check out the old polo grounds layout. 280 to the LF wall, 258 to the RF wall, 414 & 395 to the power alleys, and 483 to the clubhouse balcony that overhang CF (505 to the fence beneath the balcony).
Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:54 am to MStreetTiger
They have home plate preserved where the Polo Grounds used to be, and there's a plaque in what used to be right center where Mays made the catch. Went there a couple months ago with a friend who was visiting.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:56 am to MStreetTiger
Where did the outfielders play at the polo grounds? I'm sure the LF and RF had to play more towards the gap, and a little bit deeper to keep balls from going in the gap. How deep did the center fielder play? I bet on really deep flyballs to center, if the baserunner clearly knew the outfielder would catch it, a runner could tag and score from 2nd.
This post was edited on 6/10/09 at 10:57 am
Posted on 6/10/09 at 10:58 am to MStreetTiger
Here's another fun one. They actually built a 42 foot tall screen fence in left field to make it tougher.
LA Colisseum where the Dodgers played for a couple of years.
LA Colisseum where the Dodgers played for a couple of years.
This post was edited on 6/10/09 at 10:59 am
Posted on 6/10/09 at 11:02 am to BayouBengals03
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How deep did the center fielder play? I bet on really deep flyballs to center, if the baserunner clearly knew the outfielder would catch it, a runner could tag and score from 2nd.
Mays was playing JUST deep enough on this day.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 11:10 am to MStreetTiger
Yeah I know, but Mays had to run FOREVER to make that catch. So, who knows where he was playing when the ball was hit.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 11:12 am to BayouBengals03
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Yeah I know, but Mays had to run FOREVER to make that catch. So, who knows where he was playing when the ball was hit.
Yeah, I was kind of joking. I hear he was playing fairly shallow, at least relative to that CF.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 11:18 am to MStreetTiger
Yea, he was. That's what made it even more of an amazing catch. I wish there was footage of the play from the beginning.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 12:46 pm to alajones
it's baseball
dumb-arse owners
when compared to only one league having the DH it's no big deal for the fields to be different.
dumb-arse owners
when compared to only one league having the DH it's no big deal for the fields to be different.
Posted on 6/10/09 at 3:56 pm to DestrehanTiger
I don't get how 360 ft flyouts make people LOL but a 400 ft fence would cause triples and in-the-park HR's to go up infintessimmaly.
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