Other Sports New Yankee Stadium possibly a disaster?

**alnorth** · 04-20-2009, 08:14 PM

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog...e=olney_buster

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4080195

http://www.accuweather.com/news-weat....asp?#extremes

Interesting articles on ESPN and other sites. Its early, but we may have an explanation for those high-scoring games in New York. Apparently the configuration of the seating may have inadvertantly created some sort of wind tunnel effect blowing to right field. Rival team scouts have sent the word out around baseball that Yankee Stadium now plays more like Coors Field.

That may be exciting for fans, but the Yankees may have screwed themselves with their $1.5 Billion-dollar ballpark. If you want to compete, you do NOT want a hitter's paradise. Good pitchers are rarer and harder to sign as free agents than hitters. You can find a lot of servicable hitters and a few superstar bats every year, but only the best teams have good pitching. If the new stadium plays short, the Yankees could have problems getting free agent pitchers to wear pinstripes. There are plenty of wealthy teams that play in good pitchers parks.

Jenson71 · 04-20-2009, 08:16 PM

KC2004 · 04-20-2009, 08:17 PM

You don't think that the spankme's might have thought of this?

Pablo · 04-20-2009, 08:18 PM

fucking nice.

**Saul Good** · 04-20-2009, 08:19 PM

Is it possible that Kyle Farnsworth creates some type of thermal effect causing the ball to sail out of the park every time he pitches?

VonneMarie · 04-20-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

Is it possible that Kyle Farnsworth creates some type of thermal effect causing the ball to sail out of the park every time he pitches?

Jenson71 · 04-20-2009, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Is it possible that Kyle Farnsworth creates some type of thermal effect causing the ball to sail out of the park every time he pitches?

You'd think that the sweat from the nervous fans would create such a thick swampy atmosphere.

Demonpenz · 04-20-2009, 08:21 PM

all the balls seemed to be hammered to me.

kcfanXIII · 04-20-2009, 08:23 PM

WilliamTheIrish · 04-20-2009, 08:24 PM

Hey al, did you hear that Bannister was pulled after 2 innings yesterday, with a reliever already warmed up in the pen? Is Banny going to pitch Ramz' spot on Wednesday?

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ROYALS REPORT: When Bannister threw the 1st pitch of the game Sunday, Newman was already warming up in the bullpen. However, Bannister has not been promoted to KC at this time.

We need a general Royals discussion thread. Minor league happenings and what not...

http://omaha.royals.milb.com/news/ar...=.jsp&sid=t541

**DeezNutz** · 04-20-2009, 08:25 PM

Weren't there people whom they Yankees could have consulted about this?

Guess that wasn't part of the bill.

**DeezNutz** · 04-20-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

Hey al, did you hear that Bannister was pulled after 2 innings yesterday, with a reliever already warmed up in the pen? Is Banny going to pitch Ramz' spot on Wednesday?

We need a general Royals discussion thread. Minor league happenings and what not...

http://omaha.royals.milb.com/news/ar...=.jsp&sid=t541

They talked about this on the radio today. Nothing verified. Just intense speculation. /not al, but what the ****.../

kcfanXIII · 04-20-2009, 08:27 PM

i bet they try to steal a small market's ballpark.

WilliamTheIrish · 04-20-2009, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz

They talked about this on the radio today. Nothing verified. Just intense speculation. /not al, but what the ****.../

Thanks Deez. I don't listen to the local radio. They usually miss this stuff. I'm surprised they were on it.

wild1 · 04-20-2009, 08:29 PM

I don't really understand this, knowing the layout of the area. If the buildings are the same shape then why would it be so drastically different?

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