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Started by Pedro Cerrano , Feb 05 2015 05:13 PM

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#21 Pedro Cerrano

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Posted 07 February 2015 - 06:34 PM

Not yet. Honestly I'm doing it as a hobby mostly. If it catches on that would be great but I have no idea if that will happen.

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#22 SportsGuy

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Posted 07 February 2015 - 10:39 PM

Pedro...maybe we can have you on sometime to discuss the blog...especially as you get to the end.

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#23 Pedro Cerrano

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Posted 11 February 2015 - 04:04 PM

#28 posted

ratingtheparks.blogspot.com

There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note

"Now OPS sucks. Got it."

"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."

"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty

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#24 Pedro Cerrano

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Posted 16 February 2015 - 09:23 PM

#27 Posted

ratingtheparks.blogspot.com

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"Now OPS sucks. Got it."

"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."

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#25 RShack

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 12:36 AM

#27 Posted

ratingtheparks.blogspot.com

I'm really puzzled by the way that ballpark faces. I didn't know it did that until you mentioned it.

I looked here: https://www.bing.com... IL&FORM=SNAPST and zoomed in appropriately and see that it faces SE. That is not only is the cause of the city view problem you noted, I think it is also unusual. I thought pretty much all of them faced some permutation of northward with a preference to the NE when possible.

Judging from that view, it seems like there was room to turn it around to point the right way. I wonder why they didn't orient it the right way...

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#26 DJ MC

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 12:51 AM

I'm really puzzled by the way that ballpark faces. I didn't know it did that until you mentioned it.

I looked here: https://www.bing.com... IL&FORM=SNAPST and zoomed in appropriately and see that it faces SE. That is not only is the cause of the city view problem you noted, I think it is also unusual. I thought pretty much all of them faced some permutation of northward with a preference to the NE when possible.

Judging from that view, it seems like there was room to turn it around to point the right way. I wonder why they didn't orient it the right way...

I mentioned this in the comment I made on the post, but the site is pretty narrow--it abuts a school, church and apartments, and the one ramp is built across the street from the park itself. If they had built differently (like the Armour Field plan I linked to), they could have had Chicago in the background.

Of course, Wrigley faces away from downtown, too, but people don't care because the park is so great on its own (and it has at least a bit of North Shore high-rise skyline to see, with some slivers of the lake).

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#27 RShack

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 01:17 AM

I mentioned this in the comment I made on the post, but the site is pretty narrow--it abuts a school, church and apartments, and the one ramp is built across the street from the park itself. If they had built differently (like the Armour Field plan I linked to), they could have had Chicago in the background.

The Armour Field stuff is great!

Your link: http://whitesoxinter...nversation1.htm

Another link: http://afterburnham.com/armour-field/

Plus, when I zoom in on the model shown in both links, the shape of the field is truly dramatic. I wonder if the 283' foul lines would have led to special ground rules about where a ball in the seats was/wasn't a homer. Plus, the power alleys are about a mile deep. It would be famous for its dimensions alone... and would demand a track team for the CWS OF...

Do we know who gets credit for digging in and demanding that the original OPACY design got fixed? Do we know if Jacobs deserves any of it? (I know he wanted the RF wall to be the way it is, due to Ebbets Field, but beyond that I don't know.)

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 11:37 AM

https://twitter.com/...648302968348672

This shows the size of every parks video board. A few of the teams at the bottom are getting new ones this year, though.

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#29 Pedro Cerrano

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 11:41 AM

Interesting.

Some stadiums have pretty bad video boards. The Rangers one was particularly bad when I was there and will be written about when I do their review.

There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note

"Now OPS sucks. Got it."

"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."

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#30 Adam Wolff

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 02:27 PM

Really cool stuff Pedro, enjoying reading these! Just gave it some love on Twitter, hope more people find it!

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#31 RShack

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 05:36 PM

Pedro, do you want people posting here about it or there about it?

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#32 Pedro Cerrano

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Posted 17 February 2015 - 06:00 PM

Pedro, do you want people posting here about it or there about it?

It's a free country :-) Seems to be better discussion here.

There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note

"Now OPS sucks. Got it."

"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."

"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty

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#33 Pedro Cerrano

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 03:37 PM

#26 posted

http://ratingtheparks.blogspot.com/

There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note

"Now OPS sucks. Got it."

"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."

"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty

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#34 RShack

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 03:57 PM

#26 posted

http://ratingtheparks.blogspot.com/

I wish they'd quit selling naming rights... I saw "Progressive Field" and didn't know which one that is... call it "the Jake" and it's obvious... this is one thing to thank PA for...

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#35 Pedro Cerrano

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 04:18 PM

I'm referring to the stadiums by their actual name just for the sake of consistency.

But 99% of people still call it Jacob's Field or "The Jake" and I try to make sure to emphasize that.

There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note

"Now OPS sucks. Got it."

"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."

"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty

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#36 RShack

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 04:33 PM

I'm referring to the stadiums by their actual name just for the sake of consistency.

But 99% of people still call it Jacob's Field or "The Jake" and I try to make sure to emphasize that.

Oh, you handled it properly...

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#37 DJ MC

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Posted 24 February 2015 - 05:06 PM

I wish they'd quit selling naming rights... I saw "Progressive Field" and didn't know which one that is... call it "the Jake" and it's obvious... this is one thing to thank PA for...

At least it's a local corporation.

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