Quote from Samson about the stadium

[djm305]

? Ballpark figures: The Marlins aren't saying much yet about the design of their new ballpark. But team president David Samson will say this: It won't remind anybody of Coors Field, Citizens Bank Park or the Great American Ballpark.

 

"It will definitely be a pitchers' park," Samson said. "That's very important to us -- because pitching wins."

 

Source: http://proxy.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story...;page=rumblings

[CYmarlins]

as it should be, not fun for pitchers playing in a tiny juice box like Minute Maid park.

[Jonny Ramos]

? Ballpark figures: The Marlins aren't saying much yet about the design of their new ballpark. But team president David Samson will say this: It won't remind anybody of Coors Field, Citizens Bank Park or the Great American Ballpark.

 

"It will definitely be a pitchers' park," Samson said. "That's very important to us -- because pitching wins."

 

Source: http://proxy.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story...;page=rumblings

 

UHH.. Apparently pitching is not winning for us this season.

 

I'd rather have it in the middle.

[Jimmy42Jack0]

amen...pitching wins!

[bobk]

Sure pitching wins... but should a team with the lowest payroll in the majors really try to build around pitching?

 

OTOH, there's a theory that if you play in a pitchers' park, you should build the team for hitting... the fact that it's a pitchers' park tends to equalize the difference between good and bad pitchers, so the advantage goes to the team with better hitting.

 

In any event, one should not focus so much on the outfield as on the foul territory, which has as much to do with pitching vs. hitting as the outfield does. Large foul area turns strikes into outs, while a large outfield just turns homers into doubles and triples.

[PitchingWinsGames]

amen...pitching wins!

 

:mis2

[Dr Beinfest]

I agree pitching wins, but for his sake our pitching better be good in 2011... because I know our hitters will... it should be in the middle though... no scoreboards or gaps... please. How many home runs do we get gipped out of annually because of our park, and in the same opposite effect how many extra runs does Philly get to make their offense look so damn good?

[Trey05Marlins]

I agree pitching wins, but for his sake our pitching better be good in 2011... because I know our hitters will... it should be in the middle though... no scoreboards or gaps... please. How many home runs do we get gipped out of annually because of our park, and in the same opposite effect how many extra runs does Philly get to make their offense look so damn good?

 

 

I don't care if our hitters don't look good, and the Phillies hitters do, because of parks. As long as we are winning more, I don't care what the park dimensions are.

[Jimmy42Jack0]

Sure pitching wins... but should a team with the lowest payroll in the majors really try to build around pitching?

 

OTOH, there's a theory that if you play in a pitchers' park, you should build the team for hitting... the fact that it's a pitchers' park tends to equalize the difference between good and bad pitchers, so the advantage goes to the team with better hitting.

 

In any event, one should not focus so much on the outfield as on the foul territory, which has as much to do with pitching vs. hitting as the outfield does. Large foul area turns strikes into outs, while a large outfield just turns homers into doubles and triples.

the red sox tried that for 80 something years before they starting getting more than one decent pitcher...it doesnt matter what your payroll is, if you try to just out slug teams, you will fail every time to win anything of significance see: the texas rangers franchise history, ny yankees(00-current), red sox (1918-2004), etc. etc. etc.

 

i like the theory that your team is only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher