Posted on 10/10/2005 11:56:05 AM PDT by H. Paul Pressler IV
This has to be a joke!
Hehe, hope it has lots of gators and snakes!
Yeah, the Braves don't need a huge alligator-filled pond to be intimidated out of the play-offs again. They've proven they can do it all on their own.
Reminds me of the skit in The Naked Gun which showed baseball bloopers, like the guy getting decapitated trying to catch a fly ball over the fence, or the guy getting mauled by the tiger while sliding into second base.
But will it be filled with orange juice?
In honor of the former name for the ballpark, they could fill it with worthless Enron stock.
Took a little while to realize it was satire - but hey, if you want to give it more character, how about *changing the name* ?
Know this is a joke...
"we have a pointless, manmade hill with a flagpole stuck in it in centerfield."
Flagpole is homage to old Tiger Stadium, and the hill is from old Forbes Field....
Ya think?
Someone should just blow-up that park. It's a total joke. Which BTW makes Roger Clemens low ERA even more impressive.
From Ballparks.com:
Tals Hill, a tribute to Crosley Field, is a 10° grass-covered incline in the deepest part of center field. It was named after the man who came up with the idea, Astros president Tal Smith.
Just because the left field fence is short, it doesn't matter, since both teams get their shot at it.
Dang it! Pitts/Cinn I knew it was one of the fields I'd never see! Thanks for the correction...
I like Minute Maid Park.
Took a little while to realize it was satire...I HOPE it didn't take much past reading "cookie-cutter ballpark" in sentence one...
Nah, the diver killin' dolphins from Louisiana are being hidden there, right under everyone's noses.
Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Pujols, would you like to try our fine line of snorkels?
Go 'Stros
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Actually, the early 20th Century parks had some peculiar characteristics. The Polo Grounds foul lines were only 250', and Philadelphia's Baker Bowl was so tiny that one year homers to left counted only as doubles.
But several parks had outfields much larger than any seen today, including Coors Field. Yankee Stadium's center field was 461', and it was 457' to left-center, so deep that the monuments were in-play Joe Dimaggio had it tough). Waashington's Griffith Stadium was 450' to left. Forbes Field's center-field was 480', so deep they actually parked the batting cage out there in-play during the game.
And next time you see Wille Mays' over-his-head catch from the '54 Series, look to his and your left. You'll note that there was no outfield wall there! That's where the fans entered and exited the Polo Grounds, which is what led to Merkle's boner--but that's another subject.
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