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[BSLSteveBirrer]

If the analytics say long ball and the hitting approach is about launch angles then move the wall back in some. If you want to have a power hitting club (and whether that's a good thing or not is for another time) then why hamfstring you such that you want a left handed hitting lineup. Then you get all hung up on lefty - righty matchups. Makes zero sense to me.

[BSLMikeLowe]

I don't know if there was some structural engineering reason they had to move it as far back as they did without it being a major undertaking, but I do feel they overdid it. I'm pretty sure Elias said they wanted a park that didn't play to any extremes, but seems like they just went from one extreme to another.

[BSLChrisStoner]

O's finished 3rd overall in slugging.

It's much more enjoyable watching the O's not play in a Little League park.

Real alleys, and your pitchers are more comfortable with throwing strikes, because they don't have to see pop flys clear the fence.

I think it's perfect now.

[mweb08]

It's too far back. My reaction to Westy's shot in game 1 should have been justified. That's a homer pretty much everywhere.

[You Play to Win the Game]

It’s clearly too extreme. There’s really no way to justify a different viewpoint than that IMO.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

Was in favor of a move. They went too far.

[Mackus]

Park looked better before. Don't think balancing out the park effects is worth the loss of the aesthetics.

[BSLRoseKatz]

If they don't want to undergo more construction I'd imagine this would at least add a few homers

 

[dude]

This thread is awesome given the other 80+ page thread.

 

Where's the arguments from then?

 

I don't really like it, I think it's poorly conceived and like I said before, if you gave a middle school class an assignment to create design options this would probably be the worst one.

 

...regardless, both teams play on the same field, so whatever. 

[TwentyThirtyFive]

If they don't want to undergo more construction I'd imagine this would at least add a few homers

Makes the aesthetic even worse

[TwentyThirtyFive]

As Ive said, and as Weber has said, not taking more advantage of it is the biggest crime

[Mackus]

As Ive said, and as Weber has said, not taking more advantage of it is the biggest crime

I don't think they've failed to design their team to it. They are loaded with LH bats. They have a defensive LF with elite range. They haven't had much LHP, so that's one area, but finding any SP is kind of hard to do yet alone the smaller subset that is left-handed.

[russsnyder]

I think it's fine where it is.

[BSLMikeLowe]

If they don't want to undergo more construction I'd imagine this would at least add a few homers

 

 

Is that even possible? (lowering the wall without also moving it in)

 

I think you'd have to remove even more seats to move the wall back, then put a shorter fence in front of it.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

I dont think MLB would approve of them making a change again so quickly. Maybe they would, I dont know how that all works but I do know they would need MLB approval again

[BSLRoseKatz]

Is that even possible? (lowering the wall without also moving it in)

 

I think you'd have to remove even more seats to move the wall back, then put a shorter fence in front of it.

 

I meant that yellow line as a "if it hits above here it's a homer" ground rule thing, the Angels have it for their RF out-of-town scoreboard

[BaltBird 24]

I meant that yellow line as a "if it hits above here it's a homer" ground rule thing, the Angels have it for their RF out-of-town scoreboard

I hate the "hit it above the yellow line" HR. If it doesn't go over the wall it shouldn't be a HR.

[BaltBird 24]

Is that even possible? (lowering the wall without also moving it in)

I think you'd have to remove even more seats to move the wall back, then put a shorter fence in front of it.

That's what Detroit did not long after building Comerica. Put a new fence (and the bullpens) in front of the old fence.

[NewMarketSean]

They moved it back they should keep it there and construct the team to take advantage of the park dimensions.

[DuffMan]

Doesn't matter where the ball is when we can't even put the ball in play, too many strike outs.