Nov 10 2008 09:25 AM
or does it look like the foul lines are going to run into the stands about 75 feet behind each base?
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| Frayed Knot Nov 10 2008 09:25 AM |
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or does it look like the foul lines are going to run into the stands about 75 feet behind each base?
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 10 2008 09:30 AM |
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Yeah!
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| Iubitul Nov 10 2008 09:31 AM |
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no - it's not just you.
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 10 2008 09:41 AM |
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A pull hitter like Delgado could hit 80 homers playing on that field.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 10 2008 09:41 AM |
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The fooul fly behind third base is the new power alley. Mets re-sign Edgardo Alfonzo, who hits 97 home runs.
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| batmagadanleadoff Nov 10 2008 09:41 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 10 2008 09:42 AM |
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Looks fine to me. Focus on where it appears that home plate would be. If you run the two (imaginary) foul lines from that point, the layout makes sense. There's hardly any foul territory to speak of, though, approaching the outfield corners.
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| metirish Nov 10 2008 09:41 AM |
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I hope it's not so , like many one of the fears I have about the new place is that it will a hitters ballpark. BTW , I can't see the picture but that's my work screwing me.
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| Edgy DC Nov 10 2008 09:46 AM |
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Certainly on the first base side.
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| batmagadanleadoff Nov 10 2008 09:47 AM |
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I used a transparent ruler device with many brightly colored straight lines as an overlay on the aerial view of the stadium. The foul lines run all the way to the farthest outfield corners.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 10 2008 09:50 AM |
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They claim they designed it to be, like Shea, a fair to somewhat pitcher-friendly park -- but you never really know until you play there for a while. Both Philly & Cincy supposedly failed to account for how the winds would affect things and got a lot more HRs than they anticipated.
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| Centerfield Nov 10 2008 09:56 AM |
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In any case, there is almost no foul territory along the lines in the outfield. I don't like that. Guys can't go full tilt after balls hit along the lines. Plus you can get hurt more easily going into the wall.
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| batmagadanleadoff Nov 10 2008 09:56 AM |
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I have the 1964 Daily News reporting on Shea's inaugural game. Many players raved about Shea's excellent visibility and predicted that Shea would turn out to be a great hitter's park, which it never was as we all know, not even in 1964, not even by 1964's standards, and not even adjusting for the fact that it was the inept 1964 Mets that accounted for almost half of all Shea at-bats in 1964.
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| HahnSolo Nov 10 2008 10:02 AM |
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That may be true, but it almost looks like the foul line would run on the warning track (assuming that is the warning track).
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| batmagadanleadoff Nov 10 2008 10:04 AM |
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So what's wrong with that?
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 10 2008 10:08 AM |
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Who has one of these lying around on their desk? It's plain to me when following the dirt cut-outs for the baselines that they run right into the third or fourth row in shallow left and right.
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| batmagadanleadoff Nov 10 2008 10:12 AM |
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I do. I purchased it specifically in anticipation of this thread and that aerial photo. And I've gotten my money's worth!
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 10 2008 10:28 AM |
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Well can I borrow it then?
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| Methead Nov 10 2008 10:47 AM |
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It looks weird in the aerial shot, but it works.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 10 2008 10:57 AM |
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Hmmm. I see you also posses a transparent ruler device. How many colors?
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| metirish Nov 10 2008 11:16 AM |
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Also in center field there seems to be something that could be quite dangerous , I hope they move it.
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| Willets Point Nov 10 2008 11:37 AM |
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It's an optical delusion.
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| A Boy Named Seo Nov 10 2008 11:39 AM |
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I think they're all the same, but I haven't been drinkin' yet today.
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| batmagadanleadoff Nov 10 2008 12:22 PM |
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I used a blue line.
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| batmagadanleadoff Nov 10 2008 12:24 PM |
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What for?
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| attgig Nov 10 2008 01:21 PM |
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that's beltran's chair. after realizing that beltran is so freakin awesome as a defender, they figured he could use a little extra rest in the OF to keep his legs healthy.
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| Edgy DC Nov 10 2008 02:02 PM |
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Well, it looks like you're right. I'll say though that there seems to be more brown above the line at home plate then at third, suggesting your line is angling toward fair territory, but it may be further illusions. I'd really like to get on about my distaste for walls running parallel to the foul line two feet beyond it. (1) It puts me in mind of Yankee stadium. (2) An outfielder should not have to risk himself catching a fair popup. Foul territory is for outfielders too. (3) Less foul territory means advantage offense.
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 10 2008 02:05 PM |
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I agree. I'd like to see at least ten feet between the foul line and the stands. Fifteen would be better.
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| Willets Point Nov 10 2008 02:13 PM |
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On the other hand, more souvenirs for the fans!
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| Edgy DC Nov 10 2008 02:21 PM |
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That alcove in right seems to be the exact opposite of the porch in Petco that helped make Julio Franco the world's oldest homerun hitter.
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| MFS62 Nov 11 2008 06:39 AM |
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I had the same thought - a mental image of some outfielder running into that projection and getting really hurt. As for short foul lines, reminds me of the Polo Grounds..... Later
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| Frayed Knot Nov 11 2008 06:46 AM |
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I don't think these foul lines are going to be anything like those at the Polo Grounds.
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