Mariners to Move Fences In Next Year

[PaleHoser]

Left field fence to be moved in up to 17 feet for next season.

http://www.katu.com/sports/Mariners-...172353471.html

[LITTLE NELL]

What I would like to see is the fences moved back at USCF, maybe we wouldn't have guys like Beckham and TCM swinging for the fences all the time, you know maybe manufacture runs. What a novel idea that would be.

[DumpJerry]

Originally Posted by PaleHoser

Left field fence to be moved in up to 17 feet for next season.

http://www.katu.com/sports/Mariners-...172353471.html

How many times we play there next year?

[DoItForDanPasqua]

San Diego has been considering moving their fences in as well. I think it takes away from the game to have more home runs, but as I am probably in the minority in that opinion, I guess we will have more homers.

[palehozenychicty]

[CoopaLoop]

Originally Posted by LITTLE NELL

What I would like to see is the fences moved back at USCF, maybe we wouldn't have guys like Beckham and TCM swinging for the fences all the time, you know maybe manufacture runs. What a novel idea that would be.

Me too let's build a national league team!

[LITTLE NELL]

Originally Posted by CoopaLoop

Me too let's build a national league team!

No, lets build a team that can get men on base, manufacture runs and maybe hit a Home Run with 2 men on. We had to lead the league in solo HRs. Something like the 2005 team would work for me.

[TDog]

Originally Posted by DoItForDanPasqua

San Diego has been considering moving their fences in as well. I think it takes away from the game to have more home runs, but as I am probably in the minority in that opinion, I guess we will have more homers.

I agree with you. I like watching games in San Francisco, with its triples alley. Deep outfields, I think, result in more doubles and triples, especially triples. But you have to have a fast outfiled to cut balls off. It really makes both the offense and defense more fun to watch.

[WhiteSox5187]

Originally Posted by TDog

I agree with you. I like watching games in San Francisco, with its triples alley. Deep outfields, I think, result in more doubles and triples, especially triples. But you have to have a fast outfiled to cut balls off. It really makes both the offense and defense more fun to watch.

I agree, it would be nice if MLB could attempt to market that fact the way they did with the home run back in the 1990s.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by LITTLE NELL

No, lets build a team that can get men on base, manufacture runs and maybe hit a Home Run with 2 men on. We had to lead the league in solo HRs. Something like the 2005 team would work for me.

No, actually quite the opposite, the Sox had one of the lowest rates of solo HR in the AL last year

[WhiteSox5187]

Originally Posted by doublem23

No, actually quite the opposite, the Sox had one of the lowest rates of solo HR in the AL last year

I think he meant this year we "had to lead the league" in solo homers and wanted to see us have an offense like the one we had in 2005.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by WhiteSox5187

I think he meant this year we "had to lead the league" in solo homers and wanted to see us have an offense like the one we had in 2005.

Well we didn't led the league in solo homers, the Yankees did, as one might assume since they lead the A.L. in HR. Second, the Sox hit one off the lowest percentage of HR in the league with bases empty... I think only 2 teams hit a fewer percentage of HR with no one on base than the Sox. I mean, I too would like the Sox to hit nothing but grand slams, but that's just not reality.

[Nellie_Fox]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Well we didn't led the league in solo homers, the Yankees did, as one might assume since they lead the A.L. in HR. Second, the Sox hit one off the lowest percentage of HR in the league with bases empty... I think only 2 teams hit a fewer percentage of HR with no one on base than the Sox. I mean, I too would like the Sox to hit nothing but grand slams, but that's just not reality.

And I think it was you who sagely pointed out that the most likely scenario in any at bat is to have the bases empty, so the most likely situation for a home run is with the bases empty. I hadn't thought of it before you pointed it out, but it makes perfect sense.