Former Detroit resident/season ticket holder here. We loved the original fence locations/dimensions in that park. Lots of doubles and triples. Plus, fleet-footed outfielders really differentiated themselves from the average fielders in this park. Was so disappointed when they started moving in the fences.
I agree, I’m a Sox fan who’s been coming to Detroit for years as they are as close to me as Chicago, Detroit is such a great place to watch a game and the big dimensions have always been something I loved. Especially since my Sox have a set up that you never see triples
The Mets owners did the same damn thing at CitiField. They moved the left field dimensions by creating a "party deck" and eliminating "The Great Wall of Flushing" because David Wright complained he couldn't hit HRs. Later, the right field and right center field fences were moved in. There are plenty of hitters parks, what's wrong with pitchers parks? And what is more exciting, watching runners trotting around the bases after a HR or sprinting around the bases with the potential of being thrown out?
Interesting fact. Oracle park in SF was originally shifted 90 degree for more of a city view. They did wind studies and shifted the entire stadium 90%, so someone actually studied the weather before building the park. Only team in the Bay Area that got a design right.
Awesome video, I was expecting to hear about unique stadium features I had already known about, but you went more into history, and focused on expansion and dimension type things, which I love. Nice job
When they shortened the distance to the outfield fence at Dodger Stadium the Dodgers avoided a double wall by moving the infield 10 feet toward center field.
White Sox fan who lived in Orlando. We would drive over when the South Siders were in town. There always more Sox fans in the Trop than Rays fans. We call it the "Dingy Dome." I am hoping they get a nice new ballpark at some point.
Went to many games at Shea Stadium. It was a dump, but a great place to watch the Mets. When the Mets were winning, no ballpark today could match its atmosphere. It was a dump, but it was our dump, and I loved the place. I believe the fans and the team can make any ballpark a great place, even the Trop. Florida is proving not to be able to support MLB baseball.
I think that's the same reason that the Athletics moving to Las Vegas may not work. It's not a city that has a big desire for baseball. There are jillions of other entertainment options there, and mostly a lot of tourists. No natural fan base for the Athletics lives there.
I was lucky enough to go to an Expos game (my Dad's near Montreal for work) in the early 90s. I loved it, the outside is especially pretty. Honestly the biggest gripe I had with it is the color of the seats, they're this weird mix of pastel colors, most of them are this awful shade of yellow. But still, I liked it over all. Ugliest stadium Ive been to was the old Twins dome. Just hideous in every way.
I remember with those added temporary seats in Cleveland that one time my family had tickets for a game out there and my grandfather coming off knee surgery really struggled making up the stairs of those bleachers.
I hated the right field upper deck curtain that they added to the Metrodome. It looked horrible in person - the white got very dingy, very fast. The sad part is that they had no trouble filling those seats in the late 80's and early 90's when they were WS contenders. Rather than fielding a competitive team they gave up and settled for a giant shower curtain
12:29 At the time, the A's were still trying to stay in Oakland. I heard the main purpose of those late renovations was to see what was popular with the fans for developing a new stadium.
The renovations were done to entice the Raiders back from L.A. That's why its called Mount Davis. I went to a bunch of games that season. Every game, at some point in between innings they would play YMCA over the PA, and the construction workers would dance. Good times.
When the Tampa Bay Storm played in St. Petersburg, Tropicana Field was first known as the Florida Suncoast Dome and then the Thunderdome before they relocatedto Tampa in 1996.
Not only was the new Yankee Stadium opened with obstructed view seating....but WITHOUT an out of town scoreboard. How do you spend $1.5B and not put in an out of town scoreboard? 15 years later everyone has a cell phone so I guess it doesn't make a difference, but watching out of town scores is baseball tradition. BTW - the current out of town scoreboard SUCKS. It doesn't even separate NL and AL games. Ridiculous.
Something peripherally related to design: Great American Ballpark (Reds), is designed like a paddle boat. An aside--paddle boats are awesome. Very peaceful and great views of the city. So anyway, they have smokestacks that shoot fireworks when a Red hits a home run or they win a game. One of the smokestacks **caught on fire** during a game. Did they stop the game? Nope. Baseball stops for nothing. Except rain...and labor negotiations. Like I was saying, the smokestack was, well, smoking. A fireman climbed the smokestack **during the game** to extinguish the fire. Here's the start and then the end. ua-cam.com/video/KQB2UVN7oF8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/KozpYo67P58/v-deo.html As another aside, there are seven bats ringing the top of each smokestack, adding to 14 for Pete Rose.
The shopping center in Brooklyn WAS built, actually. And if you look closely at Yankee Stadium 1.1, there IS a "frieze" of sorts above the center field advertisements behind the bleachers.
New Yankee Stadium's fences are about 15 ft shorter in the actual power alleys than the old Stadium's final fencesand the 385/399 markers are WAY too close to the 408 marker
342 (marked 345) to the LF foul pole, approx. 370 where the fence turns perpendicular, 395 to the LF alley, and FOUR THIRTY FIVE to the flagpole, which was in play like in Tiger Stadium
At Citi Field before the fence was brought in, it was known as the Great Wall of Flushing. Not only was it far, but the height made it very difficult to hit a homer to left.
I really enjoyed this video and I look forward to more. When I saw #20, my first thought was Donald J Trump was right about wind turbines this whole time.
Former Detroit resident/season ticket holder here. We loved the original fence locations/dimensions in that park. Lots of doubles and triples. Plus, fleet-footed outfielders really differentiated themselves from the average fielders in this park. Was so disappointed when they started moving in the fences.
I agree, I’m a Sox fan who’s been coming to Detroit for years as they are as close to me as Chicago, Detroit is such a great place to watch a game and the big dimensions have always been something I loved. Especially since my Sox have a set up that you never see triples
The Mets owners did the same damn thing at CitiField. They moved the left field dimensions by creating a "party deck" and eliminating "The Great Wall of Flushing" because David Wright complained he couldn't hit HRs. Later, the right field and right center field fences were moved in. There are plenty of hitters parks, what's wrong with pitchers parks? And what is more exciting, watching runners trotting around the bases after a HR or sprinting around the bases with the potential of being thrown out?
One of the few good things about Comerica had been the field dimensions. It a shame they moved fences in.
Interesting fact. Oracle park in SF was originally shifted 90 degree for more of a city view. They did wind studies and shifted the entire stadium 90%, so someone actually studied the weather before building the park. Only team in the Bay Area that got a design right.
Even Candlestick Park was better than what the Colosseum has become.
Who’s the Nostradamus back in the 1950s that predicted that the Barclays Center would exist in the city view rendering of the Brooklyn Dome?
Awesome video, I was expecting to hear about unique stadium features I had already known about, but you went more into history, and focused on expansion and dimension type things, which I love. Nice job
When they shortened the distance to the outfield fence at Dodger Stadium the Dodgers avoided a double wall by moving the infield 10 feet toward center field.
White Sox fan who lived in Orlando. We would drive over when the South Siders were in town. There always more Sox fans in the Trop than Rays fans. We call it the "Dingy Dome." I am hoping they get a nice new ballpark at some point.
Went to many games at Shea Stadium. It was a dump, but a great place to watch the Mets. When the Mets were winning, no ballpark today could match its atmosphere. It was a dump, but it was our dump, and I loved the place. I believe the fans and the team can make any ballpark a great place, even the Trop. Florida is proving not to be able to support MLB baseball.
I'm "dreaming" that Orlando gets a baseball team one day.
😂
I think that's the same reason that the Athletics moving to Las Vegas may not work. It's not a city that has a big desire for baseball. There are jillions of other entertainment options there, and mostly a lot of tourists. No natural fan base for the Athletics lives there.
I've been to a game at the Astro Dome as a kid in the early 90s
I was lucky enough to go to an Expos game (my Dad's near Montreal for work) in the early 90s. I loved it, the outside is especially pretty. Honestly the biggest gripe I had with it is the color of the seats, they're this weird mix of pastel colors, most of them are this awful shade of yellow. But still, I liked it over all. Ugliest stadium Ive been to was the old Twins dome. Just hideous in every way.
I remember with those added temporary seats in Cleveland that one time my family had tickets for a game out there and my grandfather coming off knee surgery really struggled making up the stairs of those bleachers.
I hated the right field upper deck curtain that they added to the Metrodome. It looked horrible in person - the white got very dingy, very fast. The sad part is that they had no trouble filling those seats in the late 80's and early 90's when they were WS contenders. Rather than fielding a competitive team they gave up and settled for a giant shower curtain
I remember watching HRs hit off that giant tarp in right field. Wasn't it called the Hefty Bag?
12:29 At the time, the A's were still trying to stay in Oakland. I heard the main purpose of those late renovations was to see what was popular with the fans for developing a new stadium.
The renovations were done to entice the Raiders back from L.A. That's why its called Mount Davis. I went to a bunch of games that season. Every game, at some point in between innings they would play YMCA over the PA, and the construction workers would dance. Good times.
Comerica Park had temporary seating in the mid 2000’s beyond the left field seats.
The hottub/pool at Busch is in their apartment tower, it's private to residents only! It's also awesome if you know someone who lives there!
Worst thing they ever did was move the fences in at Comerica
Patrick have you ever looked into the Mts first stadium at the Polo Grounds. When I was a child I would listen to their games on the radio?
It’s a John fisher scam guaranteed
I can't believe how the Yankees built that thing that has nothing going for it. What a boring piece of architecture.
When the Tampa Bay Storm played in St. Petersburg, Tropicana Field was first known as the Florida Suncoast Dome and then the Thunderdome before they relocatedto Tampa in 1996.
Seattle's baseball stadium has been T-Mobile Park since 2019
9:52 *Globe Life Park
Not only was the new Yankee Stadium opened with obstructed view seating....but WITHOUT an out of town scoreboard. How do you spend $1.5B and not put in an out of town scoreboard? 15 years later everyone has a cell phone so I guess it doesn't make a difference, but watching out of town scores is baseball tradition. BTW - the current out of town scoreboard SUCKS. It doesn't even separate NL and AL games. Ridiculous.
Something peripherally related to design: Great American Ballpark (Reds), is designed like a paddle boat. An aside--paddle boats are awesome. Very peaceful and great views of the city.
So anyway, they have smokestacks that shoot fireworks when a Red hits a home run or they win a game. One of the smokestacks **caught on fire** during a game. Did they stop the game? Nope. Baseball stops for nothing. Except rain...and labor negotiations.
Like I was saying, the smokestack was, well, smoking. A fireman climbed the smokestack **during the game** to extinguish the fire. Here's the start and then the end.
ua-cam.com/video/KQB2UVN7oF8/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/KozpYo67P58/v-deo.html
As another aside, there are seven bats ringing the top of each smokestack, adding to 14 for Pete Rose.
Why should we watch this video if we don’t need to know these things
The shopping center in Brooklyn WAS built, actually. And if you look closely at Yankee Stadium 1.1, there IS a "frieze" of sorts above the center field advertisements behind the bleachers.
New Yankee Stadium's fences are about 15 ft shorter in the actual power alleys than the old Stadium's final fencesand the 385/399 markers are WAY too close to the 408 marker
Great upload timing, great video
Great video! one of your best, thanks!
I hope TMobile Park can be fixed, that open area effects the ball with thar marina air.
This was great.
The original dimensions to Comerica Park were awesome! Why is having a pitcher's ballpark a bad thing?
342 (marked 345) to the LF foul pole, approx. 370 where the fence turns perpendicular, 395 to the LF alley, and FOUR THIRTY FIVE to the flagpole, which was in play like in Tiger Stadium
Gold, DG. Gold!
Perfect video.
So many of these are just engineering disasters. Measure twice, cut once.
Why does Hockey works better in Florida than baseball? Probably because everyone wants to get out of the heat and humidity.
This video is you at your best
At Citi Field before the fence was brought in, it was known as the Great Wall of Flushing. Not only was it far, but the height made it very difficult to hit a homer to left.
Wasn’t that corner built for Chase Utley?
Perhaps useless, but very interesting. Thank you.
Love the video, but put some pauses in between your stadiums bits.
I really enjoyed this video and I look forward to more. When I saw #20, my first thought was Donald J Trump was right about wind turbines this whole time.
ALL I HEAR WAS PLAYERS COMPLAIN
Minecraft
It's Citi Field, NOT City Field.
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I don't think you can get pinned by asking to get pinned
@@ToledoRailfancertainly not if the only content in his comment is asking to get pinned lol