“If they don’t move the fences in after this year, I’d be surprised,” Berkman said after the Cardinals spoiled the Marlins’ ballpark unveiling by handing them a 4-1 loss. “And I’m going two years as the over-under on that.”
Nobody on the sleep-deprived Marlins went so far as to concur with Berkman.
But after watching several well-struck balls end up in gloves for outs instead of outfield seats for home runs, the consensus was that Marlins Park is hardly any paradise for sluggers, especially when the roof is open as it was for Wednesday’s game.
Giancarlo Stanton crushed two balls Wednesday that were caught on the warning track. Hanley Ramirez hit one to left that some thought might have gone out on any other day in any other park.
“To center and right center, it’s a little ridiculous, especially with the roof open and the windows open [as it was for the opener],” left fielder Logan Morrison said. “If [Stanton] says he gets a ball and it doesn’t go out, then it’s the only park in baseball that happens at. I would recommend hitting more line drives, I guess.”
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1. Dale Sams Posted: April 06, 2012 at 01:28 AM (#4099163)...and I thought warm, wet air helped the ball carry.
A bad thing for Berkman, maybe. I like it.
gee, suddenly, the fences have to keep coming in so that it will be easy to hit those 350' homers over the CF wall
If I ever become a major league owner, my park will have 400+ distant fences, just to make people's heads explode. [Plus the type of play which would result would be rather exciting.]
too much familiarity would make it banal rather than awe-inspiring.
but yeah, "hit more ####### line drives" is the answer.
after you've seen about three live HR in your life, the triple becomes more exciting.
Didn't they complain about Enron Field when it first opened?
New Yankee Stadium, right? Based off that first series when a million homers were hit?
It's really is a bandbox, though. The first series was extreme, but the run factor looks like it's settling in around 110, and the HR factor at something like fourteen kabillion.
But the dimensions are identical to the old Yankee Stadium (except by the RF auxiliary scoreboard...we lied about that quite a bit but no one will notice)!
Yes. If I had my way, outfield walls would be set so far back that a really crushed ball would roll near some cattle milling about. This would make it hard to put the ballpark downtown, but I guess you can't have everything.
A Coke Zero to #19.
I think the opening of Minute Maid Park in 2000 is an example. Some of the pitchers, like Jose Lima, had that reaction from the time they first watched batting practice in the park. As the season went on, and the Astros (and their opponents) put up ridiculous HR numbers--highest in team history--the concern became a popular topic and the Astros management admitted that they would study changes to the park. And, they did adjust the ballpark to cut down on easy HRs.
Richard Hidalgo, the Chuck Klein of his day ... for just one season.
What did they do?
Started signing shittier players.
My recollection is that the changes affected the LF wall height and adjusting the HR line higher next to the crawford boxes.
Video link of Berkman's Comments
Howie Kendrick switched to Howard Kendrick because he simply liked it more. I think this is probably the most likely reason for Stanton's reason, with perhaps some personal maturity mixed in.
You seriously think Stanton accepted an order from his employer to change what he was called on a daily basis? That sounds kind of ridiculous.
I can't believe you've already forgotten like 2 seasons ago when the new Yankee ballpark opened and everyone was whining about how easy it was to hit homers. I believe the word used was "disgraceful."
They definitely said that but I don't think anyone said they should move the fences, though, did they? I do recall that suggestion for the Phillies park, I thought.
I think it's far more likely that he just preferred Giancarlo to Mike (who wouldn't? It's an awesome name), but the thought crossed my mind, anyway. Really because of how image-conscious the Marlins have been for the whole offseason.
The Phillies moved the wall in left field at CBP. Following the 2005 season, the left field wall was moved back 5 feet.
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