S/D Unconventional Stadium Dimensions

I've read before that some think playing the caroms in deep center at Fenway are more tricky than the monster.

Absolutely destroy that little hill in Houston's center field--both dangerous and stupid. Biggio ought to have it in his contract.

I think it is a homage to Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn that had an angle built into one of it's walls.

it's really great fun to watch.

The ugliest park in baseball is that piece of crap in Tampa. The Devilray uniforms are also terrible, which is saying something because they have like nine different ones they use.

haha, keep it comin'!

Baseball sticks in vines on bleacher wall ... Double

This occasionally gives the outfielder a (figurative) "out"; often, long drives to the wall become triples, especially if the batter's got much speed. But if the ball lodges in the vines, the fielder can raise his hands in surrender, even if he can see the ball perfectly well, and the batter is limited to a double.

Funny, a ball stuck in the not-yet-leafing ivy against the Reds a couple weeks back. The ball was clearly visible, and Adam Dunn raised his hands and the 2B umpire pointed to the ball and let (I think) Aramis Ramirez run around the bases for probably the only triple he'll ever get.

discuss!

Todd "Mercedes" Benzinger

Man, I had completely forgotten about that guy.

didn't quite work out that way.

How Lou Gorman thought having a pitching staff w/ Clemens, Mike Boddicker, and toejam would do a damn thing boggles my parchessi.

then he winds up SIGNING mcgee 5 years and 15 knee operations later. typical bosox.

he ended his career in texas of all places. 8 games, 8 games started less than 40 innings pitched and an era over 7.10. a sad end to the ace of the bosox postseason in '86.

- Roger Clemens (duh)
- Mike Boddicker
- Dana Kiecker
- Kevin Morton (one of a looong line of post-Clements BoSox pitching prospects that never panned out) (see also: Paxton Crawford - better stuff than Pedro!; Brian Rose; Aaron Sele, to a lesser extent)

I like how the ILBBall threads are all mixed up & stuff re: the original topics and the various deviations therein.

god, did anyone in the history of mlb get more second chances than brian rose?

now if you want to talk phenom's then you've just got to mention phil plantier and mo vaughn, i was sure the were the next incarnation of the gold dust twins from 15 years earlier.

- Atlanta
- Philly
- Boston
- Toronto
- Mets
- Cincy
- Houston
- Montreal
- and now Baltimore!!

Hope he likes crab.

man i wish there was a team in mvp2004 with nothing but sluggers who either hit it a mile or missed it completely. deer, gorman thomas, dave kingman, pete incaviglia, sam horn, tony armas, ron kittle, etc.

Recent pitching phenoms that are hanging on as long relief dregs:

Todd Van Poppel (AKA the next Nolan Ryan)
Cal Elred (AKA the next Tom Seaver)
Pat Mahomes (AKA the next Doc Gooden)

not really dimensions so much, but general RFK wackiness involving its conversion between soccer and baseball (at a cost of $40K each time):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/daily/graphics/rfkConvert_040905.html

see, forget about the nats new stadium...where's the new stadium for the dee cee jooniteds?!

Good read, will repost to the media thread:

http://thedataface.com/2019/04/sports/baseballs-irregular-outfields

Incredible thread:

People are posting weird HS baseball field dimensions on r/baseball and I could look at these forever pic.twitter.com/OecXuumDco

— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) April 5, 2020

Good read, will repost to the media thread:

http://thedataface.com/2019/04/sports/baseballs-irregular-outfields🕸

lol, that's worse than the Wrigley ivy!

Morehead State, who plays against Illinois today and is a popular upset pick, has maybe the weirdest baseball field in the country. Haven for lefties. Apparently they're unable to push the right field fence back because there's a species of endangered salamanders living there? pic.twitter.com/c3VAD5Ihrw

— Matt Monagan (@MattMonagan) March 21, 2024

I would put my everyday CF in left, my RF in center and my LF in right and just pray a dying-quail-peeler doesn't end up in the corner.

Fraudway Park latest

Manny Ramirez vibes from Jarren Duran as he battles a door in CF.
pic.twitter.com/fcg7uQOtlM

— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) April 26, 2024

Connor Wong with a flyout that was a home run everywhere except Camden Yards

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/747033/play/21