Archive for April 20th, 2009

Accuweather

Nice find John B.

0 comments April 20 2009 | Mike G | Discussion

Check out this from AccuWeather

AccuWeather hypothesizes that the shell and angle of the seats/decks in the New Yankee Stadium, as compared to that of the old building is the potential cause for the home runs.
Pretty cool report.

0 comments April 20 2009 | John B | Discussion

Home Runs

You’re right John S….only time will tell. But this sampling of games doesn’t bode well for the future.
This may have many downstream long-term impacts on the Yankees. 
1. Will future free agent pitchers not want to pitch for the Yanks because it plays like Coors Field? Of course, money talks…but the Yanks may need to pay an [...]

0 comments April 20 2009 | John B | Discussion

Roundtable Day

Don’t forget Friday 4/24 is Roundtable Day at my house.  Yankees/ RedSox.  Game starts at 7:10.  Leave work early.  I’m taking care of the food.

2 comments April 20 2009 | Joe | Discussion

The short right field porch

The famous short porch, imported in dimension from the old Stadium where it was orginally sized for the Babe, was the source of much TV analyst commentary yesterday. Will average fly balls be home runs in the new digs, or was the fact that the last few games were day games with low humidity factors?  Time [...]

0 comments April 20 2009 | John S | Discussion