MLB Off-Topic

[ShowTyme15]

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It's going to happen someday. No opinion on good or bad. It just feels like we are closer to it than further away from the concept.

If the little girl from yesterday had a worse result, baseball would be fast tracking major changes.

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Agreed 100%


Wouldn't be surprised if the netting eventually goes all the way down both lines like it does in some stadiums in Japan.

[Sportsforever]

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Aren't there quite a few stadiums that don't meet those requirements?

The requirements went into place in 1958, so anything built before then is grandfathered in. Also, there have been a few exceptions granted (RF at Camden Yards is only 318' because of the B&O Warehouse...MLB approved, but the compromise is the 21' wall).

[TheMatrix31]

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Every seat should have a big cushioned back and a hair salon-like plexiglass visor! Anything in the name of safety.

[Speedy]

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Edit: Answered....

[SPTO]

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I'm not a big fan of the roofing for the new Texas stadium but otherwise it looks alright.

As for the whole safety issue it is what it is.

[Mabster]

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That would be really tough...baseball requires for the minimum distances down the lines to be 325' and CF to be 400'. In order for CF to meet the 400' requirement the lines would darn near 600' or so. Would be a weird configuration for sure though...

Except PNC Park, Camden Yards, Minute Maid, Petco, New Yankee Stadium...i think there's a couple more.

Speedy, your dream can live on!

[Sportsforever]

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Except PNC Park, Camden Yards, Minute Maid, Petco, New Yankee Stadium...i think there's a couple more.

Speedy, your dream can live on!

Like I said, baseball makes exceptions...for example, in the case of Yankee Stadium they wanted to stay as close to the old Yankee Stadium dimensions as possible.

[Mabster]

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I've been reading a lot lately about stadium design lately since the A's are actually making progress.

I wonder how the Yankees got away with the new stadium design. Selig, cough, Selig. They kept the short lines for the historical reasons but then got to throw that out the window and make the walls even shorter than the original.

All the other stadiums with short lines had to be designed to have higher walls to compensate.

[ShowTyme15]

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I'm not a big fan of the roofing for the new Texas stadium but otherwise it looks alright.

As for the whole safety issue it is what it is.

The roofing is similar to what Seattle has at SafeCo and Houston in Minute Maid. It's an open air retractable roof stadium with windows.

[ShowTyme15]

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Speaking of retractable roofs the Nationals have been proposing putting a roof on their stadium for a few years now. What I don't understand is why they didn't think of that when they built it originally?

[Speedy]

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That would be really tough...baseball requires for the minimum distances down the lines to be 325' and CF to be 400'. In order for CF to meet the 400' requirement the lines would darn near 600' or so. Would be a weird configuration for sure though...

I get that but....I'm tired of these cookie cutter fields. Wrigley, Fenway, Polo Grounds...so unique.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Not really a fan of this regressive thinking on the safety nets. While all the little jokes are fine about how coddled and safe everyone and everything needs to be, there's just no good reason not to make sure 100+ MPH liners aren't spraying into areas of the stadium where people can't (or don't) react in time. I'm sure in good time netting will be invented that is basically transparent--just wait until we get to the Star Trek years and invent transparent aluminum.

[DieHardYankee26]

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I just can't imagine making jokes after seeing the reaction of the players. Makes me glad fans don't get a say lol.

[NYJets]

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Not really a fan of this regressive thinking on the safety nets. While all the little jokes are fine about how coddled and safe everyone and everything needs to be, there's just no good reason not to make sure 100+ MPH liners aren't spraying into areas of the stadium where people can't (or don't) react in time. I'm sure in good time netting will be invented that is basically transparent--just wait until we get to the Star Trek years and invent transparent aluminum.

Don't even understand the arguments against it tbh. I go to games to kick back and relax, not be on high alert for 3+ hours for a line drive to come right at me. I never sit down there anyway but if I did I'd rather the net than no net. Not everyone getting hit has their face buried in their phone

[Sportsforever]

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Not really a fan of this regressive thinking on the safety nets. While all the little jokes are fine about how coddled and safe everyone and everything needs to be, there's just no good reason not to make sure 100+ MPH liners aren't spraying into areas of the stadium where people can't (or don't) react in time. I'm sure in good time netting will be invented that is basically transparent--just wait until we get to the Star Trek years and invent transparent aluminum.

I don't have issue with the netting they've put up...it's been over due. I do take issue with anyone thinking they can make it ALL safe. At some point you walk out your door...and anything can happen.