British Guy Reacts to Why do all MLB ballparks have different dimensions? (MLB Originals)
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2024
- British Guy Reacts to Why do all MLB ballparks have different dimensions? (MLB Originals)
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There's also a real home field advantage when you have these quirks. You can build a team around them (short porch in right? Left handed power hitters! Deep power alleys? Speedy corner outfielders!) and defenders learn how to play the quirks (for instance generally a Red Sox left fielder will play a ball off the Green Monster better than the opposing team).
The seating behind home plate at most stadiums is exactly the same. It actually is very close to the field. This video is about the outfield dimensions and shape of the outfield. The infield is always the same. 90 feet between each base, placed in a diamond configuration, 60 feet 6 inches from the pitcher's mound to home plate.
I hope you get the opportunity someday, to come to the States and see a game or two. It's not just the game itself, it's the atmosphere.
Chatting with a stranger about the best 1st baseman from the 1980's, relaxing with a foot long hot dog in one hand and an ice cold beer in the other, being arm in arm with the fans next to you singing "take me out to the ballgame".
Other sports stadiums are boring 😴. Baseball stadiums are unique and are stars in their own way. Watching a home run splash into McCovey cove in San Francisco, enjoying the gorgeous view of Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh, The Green Monstah in Boston, the view of the hills from the outfield at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the ivy covered outfield walls at Wrigley field in Chicago.
Even some of the minor league stadiums are works of art.
Every stadium has its own rules about the field, what are called "ground rules". The umpires go over the ground rules with both managers prior to each game.
The dome in the original Houston Astrodome was made of glass, so that the grass on the field could grow. But the glass created a bad glare when players looked up to catch flies, and they had to replace the grass with artificial turf (called Astroturf) and dark panels on the dome.
Fenway Park's opening day was the exact same day the Titanic sank.
Love the uniqueness & quirkiness of baseball stadiums. Don't think the video mentioned this, but this does somewhat affect how the outfielders have to play, which does give a bit of a home-field advantage.
Looking into the history of the old jewelbox ballparks could be fun. Haven't been to Fenway, but have Wrigley (Chicago), as well as Tiger Stadium before it got torn down.
Baltimore born myself. We were quite proud of Camden Yards. I mean, still are but as the video pointed out, it's not unique in the slightest now. But it's still not perfect and the video actually showed one huge problem when it had a quick shot of fans down the left field line torqued in their seats to see home plate.
As an outsider who has only seen it on TV, I always thought it was so... organic. Like it had _always_ been there, and rightfully so. Very beautiful park.
@@drboze6781 oh it is, it totally is. They just didn't think about the seat angle down the left field line very well. I thought I had great opening day seats in like 2007 and went home with a crick in my neck that lasted days lol. But yeah, otherwise it's great.
I love it, It's what makes baseball unique. Almost every other sport is just copy and paste and the only difference is the outside of the stadium and even a lot of those are pretty copy a paste based on their eras they were build. I know Football(soccer) has a SLIGHT variance in how big the pitch can be, but it's not noticeable on TV I think Man U has the biggest in the Prem but I could be wrong.
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But where these stadiums got built, what they had to build around made them make some pretty cool designs (Fenway) for example. Then others just wanted to be creative and I appreciate that.
The outfield walls are also different and the outfielder have to know this, some have padding some like Wrigley have ivy some like the green monster are metal, so all balls hit deep will hit those walls and bounce back differently.
I went to Camden Yards when it was first built. I was a kid in the Boy Scouts and we took a trip. I still have the mini baseball bat they gave us that day.
If I'm not mistaken, there is a plaque on the warehouse where Griffey's ball hit
The only cookie cutter stadium left in Baseball is Rogers Centre in Toronto which ironically makes it unique in a way lol
You forgot the Oakland Coliseum, but then again hopefully the A's will be moving out of there to Vegas soon
Well, now the only one left is the Coliseum. Rogers was renovated to be baseball only now.
The older ballparks were built-in available land in neighborhood locations. Like Wrigley Field for the Chicago Cubs, was built in a neighborhood area and is completely surrounded by people's homes. The dimensions of the field were left to the owner of the park so he would determine the dimensions of the field depending on where the park was built. Now, modern-day ballparks, are all built-in locations with plenty of land for the park and parking. Most of the new dimensions are standardized. There is even one very old ballpark in Boston for the Boston Red Sox. When they built the park, the left-field wall was way too short. Everybody kept hitting home runs over it. They couldn't expand the park because it was built in a local neighborhood, so to fix the problem, they added a 37-foot high wall to left field to make it more difficult for anyone to hit a home run. It is still like this, to this day at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Yeah. It's pretty good to see single purpose stadiums. The Miami Marlins no longer have to share a stadium with both the Miami Dolphins, and the Miami Hurricanes.
I don't know if there are other MLB teams that had to share their stadiums with both a College Football team and an NFL team, but it wouldn't surprise me if there were more than one.
That was a really good video. Told the history of MLB parks in a concise and entertaining way. It's interesting to note that there are STILL a handful of all-wooden parks in the American minor league systems. Most minor league parks are MUCH smaller than the MLB parks, with seating capacities ranging from about 2000 to around 20,000.
React to Liam Kirk, the first British born and trained hockey player to be drafted by an NHL team.
He was a star for Team GB at this year's IIHF World Championships in Latvia.
He just signed his entry level contract with the Arizona Coyotes and will start in the NHL this year.
Maybe it's just my assumption, but I think it's pretty well-held that the best seats for actually watching the action during a baseball game are in fairly close on the lower deck along the first(preferable) and third baselines. Great views of the whole infield and the batter, and passable outfield views, plus a decent chance at foul balls. Personally, I always thought the seats behind home plate seemed kinda crappy tbh, plus they're usually reserved for giveaways or extra-expensive.
You should react to the "Toronto Blue Jays vs. Texas Rangers Game 5, 7th Inning" one of the best innings played in modern baseball history. Its an emotional rollercoaster. Check it out!
"the 1-1 from dyson, BAUTISTA WITH A DRIVE, DEEP LEFT FIELD, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!"
@@gopher6532 gives me chills everytime I go back and watch it, absolutely insane
Ah, the Kingdome...or as we called it, the dimdome or dimpledome. What a dump! Only lasted 25 years, but now we have Quest Field (or w/e) for the Seahawks and Safeco Field (or w/e) for the Mariners. You can just go to a train station north or south, ride to Seattle, and stroll to the venue. Huge improvement!
Willie Mays, the man who made the catch in the Polo Grounds was arguably the greatest "All Round" everyday player.he could hit home runs, steal bases, and was lone of the greatest defensive outfielders ever.
Ruth was a great hitter and even a excellent pitcher when he was young but was never the greatest fielder or base stealer even in his younger day.
I was going to college near Baltimore when they moved to Camden Yards. What a difference to the drab Memorial Stadium they used to play in. Located in downtown with plenty of bars and restaurants, and the stadium being just so pretty made a world of difference. It's still one of my favorites but PNC in Pittsburgh is the best I've been to.
Now you gotta react to weird areas in mlb stadiums part 2
Concrete Doughnut aka Cookie Cutter stadiums. Coors Field also has the deepest outfield dimensions but that is only due to the thin air in Denver, CO.
I was in Baltimore in 1993. Saw the outside of Camden Yards, pretty impressive. Love it. A Ball Park.
Not mentioned in the original video, another problem with the multi-purpose stadiums (there are 2 still in use) is that all of the seats are farther away.
The last I knew, the scoreboard at Wrigley Field in Chicago is still hand operated.
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The thing that most sports dont have that baseball does is that the grounds play a roll in the game itself. Basketball, Football, soccer hockey they all have their set dimensions an the games not impacted by the field. You dont score points by kicking throwing or hitting the ball into the stands. in baseball that's not the case an that's why the baseball stadium is more apart of the game then most sports. It gives the game flavor something special.
On May 15, 1991 I attended a baseball game at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore (as seen in this video), which was also attended by Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and President and Mrs. George Bush
Enjoyed the video mate.
6:01, the funny thing is, the giants (team that caught the ball), hit a walk off home run like 270 feet since the right fe=ield wall was only 258 feet away
Don't forget about the 3rd dimension in Houston where the guy bangs a trash can so the hitters can know which pitch is coming.
This was a very good video. But, there's so much more about the past and present stadiums that could've been covered too.
Here's a quirk the old Yankee Stadium had monuments and a flag pole in play.
We got rid of our concrete doughnut in Cincinnati and replaced it with something even uglier... the only thing worse is the football stadium down the street which is officially called Paul Brown Stadium -- I call it 'The Nightmare at the End of Elm Street".
Great American is pretty beautiful man
Your new soccer stadium looks like a worthy example of the genre, at least.
Good Stuff. Learned something new.
That jersey looks good on you. 👍🏼
My team had one of the worst multi use stadiums when i was a kid Candlestick park. Now we have a great stadium though, going to a game is actually fun now instead of windy cold torture.
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The game after Tyler Skaggs of the Angels passed away is something you need to react to.
Have you reacted to a video that shows you pictures of all the MLB stadiums? Because if not, then you totally should react to one because there's plenty of great baseball fields out there.
Because in the old days they built the parks and stadiums based on the streets surrounding them. They had to squeeze them in. Then when teams moved west there was more room so they started building those so-called cookie-cutter stadiums. And you found them building circular ball parks.
Retractable Roof Ballparks will be the next wave.
Tiger stadium in Detroit was the only ball park to have part of the upper deck over lap the lower deck as in hovered over the field and to have upper deck bleachers.
the infield is all the same, just the outfield dimensions are different.
My international students have been almost universally bowled over by a baseball game at Boston's Fenway Park. The happy, family friendly crowd singing together was something they always mentioned. Some were astonished at children with men and women of all ages being mingled without fights breaking out. There is some hooliganism, but it has only been serious at a contentious Red Sox vs Yankee game.
Edited just to add some history, the Boston vs NYC rivalry is older than the US. English Boston went to war with Dutch New York in 1664, and the rivalry continued to transatlantic trade, business competition and finally sports.
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It wasn't wrecked because it was astroturf.
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Didn't have to watch the video. Back in the old days baseball stadiums were built in the middle of urban neighborhoods which already had a set grid. There for ball parks had to be built in a way to fit onto the blocks they were being built on. New parks have quirky dimensions because they are built in what they call a retro style.