Originally posted by Garcia:
Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
Originally posted by Garcia:
Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
What's the point of the green monster? What the point of the rock feature in the angels park, the high fences in some parks, or low ones in others. It gives the stadium character. Each team should have a unique feature that stands out.
The green monster is there because otherwise dudes would be hitting 310ft HRs. Rocks are not apart of the dimensions at angels stadium, they are beyond the fence, not in the field of play.
Our stadium is known for the beautiful surroundings, mccovey cove, the coke bottle/glove... what the f**k do we need a triples alley for?
I like it. What the f**k, you retarded? Lol. It gives it character so its not a cookie cutter field. I am not continuing this quote fest. I don't have a f**king say if it stays or goes anyways. Lulz GGG
I haven't heard one logical reason for a stupid ass triples alley, that s**t needs to GTFO.
The original "point" of triples alley was to offset the fact that the RF wall was so close. When they designed the "splash hit" idea, they wanted it to be a common thing they could make the stadiums' trademark. What nobody knew until after we started playing baseball there, was that the winds wrap around the stadium and blow inward towards the field, knocking down almost anything hit that direction.
Our stadium is a pitchers park. We build our team around it, and weve won 3 pennants and 2 WS playing there in just 13 seasons. Its part of what makes AT&T Park unique. It is such a beautifully designed stadium. There are drawbacks to the 421 power alley, and then there are advantages. Teams who bring the fences in only do so because they know offense sells more tickets than pitching. More home runs boost attendance.
Not only would cutting off triples alley look ugly, but it would take away from the character of the park.
Like I said before, the Giants should focus more on scouting their hitters better, not blaming the lack of offense on the park dimensions. Besides, the visiting team gets "AT&T'd" just as often, if not more often than the Giants do. The Giants have 63 splash hits, and opposing teams have only 29. Even if you took away all the ones hit by Bonds, its dead even.
Im not sure people realize how much of an advantage the dimensions give us. Not just to Giants pitchers, who know how to use the dead part of the yard to their advantage, but also to opposing RF who are unfamiliar with playing the bricks and gap. How many times have we seen visiting teams screw something up on defense out there?
Its not a HR hitters yard, and neither was Candlestick. Its the best stadium in baseball, and theres no need to mess with it. If we pulled the walls in, every time an opposing player hit a ball out to right center, youd be saying "that wouldve been an out!" Just the look on the faces of the other team after they CRUSH a ball, and it gets caught, is worth it. Especially teams who play in bandboxes.
So in summary, you cant change the wind, which is the real culprit. The Giants need to scout better hitters than wont need to use the dimensions as an excuse. And the fans should stop whining about the nicest park in the Big Leagues.
[ Edited by Niners99 on Jul 30, 2013 at 3:11 AM ]
