i think having a park that is nigh impossible to hit HR's in might end up being a detriment to the team's fanbase. As they say, chicks dig the longball...well your casual MLB fan also tends to love the longball more than anything else and the fact that almost nobody has been able to clear any of the fences in what is really becoming a true (lime) Green Monster should tell the F.O. that some changes need to be made.

 

 

Lets just say that 3 games in haven't been a fluke, and when all is said and done, homeruns totals throughout the season were wayyyyy below normal. Is it possible that the parks dimensions could be changed next season?

 

To be honest, that wind was really blowing Saturday night. And swirling inside there. Example...Many times I had to hold onto my hat as the wind was coming in strong from my right. We sit along the 1B line, and I noticed the flags in the OF were blowing towards home. Fly balls were dieing out there.

 

Change the dimentions of the park and we have to change the way this team is built. We hit more dingers, the other teams hit more dingers. We stay the same, they better come in with good pitching and good defense to even stand a chance. Let's see what happens once the home team learns the peculiarities of their new digs.

i think having a park that is nigh impossible to hit HR's in might end up being a detriment to the team's fanbase. As they say, chicks dig the longball...well your casual MLB fan also tends to love the longball more than anything else and the fact that almost nobody has been able to clear any of the fences in what is really becoming a true (lime) Green Monster should tell the F.O. that some changes need to be made.

 

 

Lets just say that 3 games in haven't been a fluke, and when all is said and done, homeruns totals throughout the season were wayyyyy below normal. Is it possible that the parks dimensions could be changed next season?

 

To be honest, that wind was really blowing Saturday night. And swirling inside there. Example...Many times I had to hold onto my hat as the wind was coming in strong from my right. We sit along the 1B line, and I noticed the flags in the OF were blowing towards home. Fly balls were dieing out there.

 

Change the dimentions of the park and we have to change the way this team is built. We hit more dingers, the other teams hit more dingers. We stay the same, they better come in with good pitching and good defense to even stand a chance. Let's see what happens once the home team learns the peculiarities of their new digs.

 

That's not my point. I understand the concept of having a pitchers/batters park. But what if it gets to the point of absurdity? What if this season goes by, and the number of homeruns hit in the ball park (both away and home teams) total something like 30. What then?

i think having a park that is nigh impossible to hit HR's in might end up being a detriment to the team's fanbase. As they say, chicks dig the longball...well your casual MLB fan also tends to love the longball more than anything else and the fact that almost nobody has been able to clear any of the fences in what is really becoming a true (lime) Green Monster should tell the F.O. that some changes need to be made.

 

 

Lets just say that 3 games in haven't been a fluke, and when all is said and done, homeruns totals throughout the season were wayyyyy below normal. Is it possible that the parks dimensions could be changed next season?

 

To be honest, that wind was really blowing Saturday night. And swirling inside there. Example...Many times I had to hold onto my hat as the wind was coming in strong from my right. We sit along the 1B line, and I noticed the flags in the OF were blowing towards home. Fly balls were dieing out there.

 

Change the dimentions of the park and we have to change the way this team is built. We hit more dingers, the other teams hit more dingers. We stay the same, they better come in with good pitching and good defense to even stand a chance. Let's see what happens once the home team learns the peculiarities of their new digs.

 

That's not my point. I understand the concept of having a pitchers/batters park. But what if it gets to the point of absurdity? What if this season goes by, and the number of homeruns hit in the ball park (both away and home teams) total something like 30. What then?

 

Honestly, that's what I'd worry about. But it certainly did seem a bit easier to hit some HR's once the roof was closed. So yes, that should solve that issue.

 

Personally, I really don't care if the Marlins hit tons of HR's...I'm merely speaking from a casual fan perspective. Casual fans LOVE homeruns and when you have a guy like Stanton who can hit a ton of them it makes sense to at least have an "average" park for HR's to be launched. Again, i'm not saying that we need to play in a bandbox type stadium but with the roof open it is insanely hard to hit a single HR. The ball literally seems to die. Even with the roof closed the balls have to be absolutely crushed to get out. They need to work as hard as possible to lure in tons of casual fans as well to these games.

sorry for the 2x post but right now the park is also detrimental because we don't have the best OF defensively either and it's been a bit of a 3-ring circus at times. Lomo is already known to be about as useful as a third nipple defensively and he's playing on a bum knee, as is Stanton. Boner is...I dunno...he's fast and he actually has a solid arm but for whatever reason has had issues gathering the ball.

The immense size is only exacerbating these problems right now.

Bonifacio would be fine in LF. It's the lack of CF that's an issue, and the fact that Logan Morrison is a god awful fielder.

 

 

We have a CF, and a damn good one who can be an all time legend in the same regard of hitting as Andruw Jones, Duke Snider and Andre Dawson.

 

If only they let stanton play CF and put Emilo in right, we'd never have the chance of having two players in foreign positions in the same play.

i think having a park that is nigh impossible to hit HR's in might end up being a detriment to the team's fanbase. As they say, chicks dig the longball...well your casual MLB fan also tends to love the longball more than anything else and the fact that almost nobody has been able to clear any of the fences in what is really becoming a true (lime) Green Monster should tell the F.O. that some changes need to be made.

 

 

Lets just say that 3 games in haven't been a fluke, and when all is said and done, homeruns totals throughout the season were wayyyyy below normal. Is it possible that the parks dimensions could be changed next season?

 

To be honest, that wind was really blowing Saturday night. And swirling inside there. Example...Many times I had to hold onto my hat as the wind was coming in strong from my right. We sit along the 1B line, and I noticed the flags in the OF were blowing towards home. Fly balls were dieing out there.

 

Change the dimentions of the park and we have to change the way this team is built. We hit more dingers, the other teams hit more dingers. We stay the same, they better come in with good pitching and good defense to even stand a chance. Let's see what happens once the home team learns the peculiarities of their new digs.

 

That's not my point. I understand the concept of having a pitchers/batters park. But what if it gets to the point of absurdity? What if this season goes by, and the number of homeruns hit in the ball park (both away and home teams) total something like 30. What then?

 

Honestly, that's what I'd worry about. But it certainly did seem a bit easier to hit some HR's once the roof was closed. So yes, that should solve that issue.

 

Personally, I really don't care if the Marlins hit tons of HR's...I'm merely speaking from a casual fan perspective. Casual fans LOVE homeruns and when you have a guy like Stanton who can hit a ton of them it makes sense to at least have an "average" park for HR's to be launched. Again, i'm not saying that we need to play in a bandbox type stadium but with the roof open it is insanely hard to hit a single HR. The ball literally seems to die. Even with the roof closed the balls have to be absolutely crushed to get out. They need to work as hard as possible to lure in tons of casual fans as well to these games.

Winning > a lot of home runs, as far as drawing in fans go.

Save milestones.

Why does having a vastly oversized park equate to winning? Yeah, I know the team has publicly said that pitching, speed, and defense are the name of the game, but we really haven't been a good defensive team since we jettisoned the 2003 leftovers after 2005.

Bonifacio would be fine in LF. It's the lack of CF that's an issue, and the fact that Logan Morrison is a god awful fielder.

 

 

We have a CF, and a damn good one who can be an all time legend in the same regard of hitting as Andruw Jones, Duke Snider and Andre Dawson.

 

If only they let stanton play CF and put Emilo in right, we'd never have the chance of having two players in foreign positions in the same play.

CF wears on your body more, or so the thinking goes. And I'm not willing to sacrifice any of Stanton's prowess or time as a big leaguer to have him in center field.

The've had the same supposed defensive strategy for years. It's just talk.

i think having a park that is nigh impossible to hit HR's in might end up being a detriment to the team's fanbase. As they say, chicks dig the longball...well your casual MLB fan also tends to love the longball more than anything else and the fact that almost nobody has been able to clear any of the fences in what is really becoming a true (lime) Green Monster should tell the F.O. that some changes need to be made.

 

 

Lets just say that 3 games in haven't been a fluke, and when all is said and done, homeruns totals throughout the season were wayyyyy below normal. Is it possible that the parks dimensions could be changed next season?

 

To be honest, that wind was really blowing Saturday night. And swirling inside there. Example...Many times I had to hold onto my hat as the wind was coming in strong from my right. We sit along the 1B line, and I noticed the flags in the OF were blowing towards home. Fly balls were dieing out there.

 

Change the dimentions of the park and we have to change the way this team is built. We hit more dingers, the other teams hit more dingers. We stay the same, they better come in with good pitching and good defense to even stand a chance. Let's see what happens once the home team learns the peculiarities of their new digs.

 

That's not my point. I understand the concept of having a pitchers/batters park. But what if it gets to the point of absurdity? What if this season goes by, and the number of homeruns hit in the ball park (both away and home teams) total something like 30. What then?

30 HOME RUNS?!

i think having a park that is nigh impossible to hit HR's in might end up being a detriment to the team's fanbase. As they say, chicks dig the longball...well your casual MLB fan also tends to love the longball more than anything else and the fact that almost nobody has been able to clear any of the fences in what is really becoming a true (lime) Green Monster should tell the F.O. that some changes need to be made.

 

 

Lets just say that 3 games in haven't been a fluke, and when all is said and done, homeruns totals throughout the season were wayyyyy below normal. Is it possible that the parks dimensions could be changed next season?

 

To be honest, that wind was really blowing Saturday night. And swirling inside there. Example...Many times I had to hold onto my hat as the wind was coming in strong from my right. We sit along the 1B line, and I noticed the flags in the OF were blowing towards home. Fly balls were dieing out there.

 

Change the dimentions of the park and we have to change the way this team is built. We hit more dingers, the other teams hit more dingers. We stay the same, they better come in with good pitching and good defense to even stand a chance. Let's see what happens once the home team learns the peculiarities of their new digs.

 

That's not my point. I understand the concept of having a pitchers/batters park. But what if it gets to the point of absurdity? What if this season goes by, and the number of homeruns hit in the ball park (both away and home teams) total something like 30. What then?

30 HOME RUNS?!

 

LOL, seems silly now that Hanley is hitting these 500ft monster dongs.