Comments on: Wrigley Field has a new Field

By: Bugs & Cranks » Rounding The Bases: Fields, Stadiums, etc.

Bugs & Cranks » Rounding The Bases: Fields, Stadiums, etc. — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:52:15 +0000

[...] Wrigley Field has a new field, which, gathering from the players are saying is a good thing. [Home Run Derby] [...]

By: Valjean

Valjean — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:14:55 +0000

Probably about time they did this but I admit I’ll kinda miss the crown.

I don’t get to Wrigley often — I live out west and only get there on biz trips — but the nice part of the raised field was what you could *hear*: with a seat anywhere in the first 10-15 rows down close (which you can still *get* on gameday at times) you could *really* hear the players. I was at a Cubs/WSox interleague game several years back and heard Mark Grace at first talk crap with *every* guy that got on base; in the raised stands you were just about at eye level with the players. That was very, very cool — if a little weird to see the game on a sort of platform — but I expect the new leveling will probably change this dynamic.

Of course a big rainstorm blew in in the fifth inning or so of that game, absolutely *soaked* the field and the runoff from the crown made sure the dugouts were completely flooded. (It was up to about Zimmer’s waist.) So on balance a good move …

By: montecarlo

montecarlo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:08:47 +0000

I can’t to see how the new field plays. Without the crown, it should play much better defensively.

By: The Kid

The Kid — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:31:52 +0000

In regards to fiesta. there is no green paint ever sprayed. that is all.

By: bustoff

bustoff — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:51:25 +0000

The Cubs STILL suck.

By: Richie Rich

Richie Rich — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:02:46 +0000

Nice catch Matt. I fixed it.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:53:50 +0000

I think the Cubs would love to only owe Soriano $127 over the next 7 seasons.

By: Matt Brown

Matt Brown — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:00:22 +0000

Take anything Adam Dunn says with a grain of salt… he’s just about the most reckless, most clueless outfielder not named Manny.

By: fiesta

fiesta — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:40:14 +0000

Love the time-lapse…it’s much like watching them clear the snow off the field in Cleveland on Opening Day last year. Also love the title “Sodfather.” The Bossards are a groundskeeping family. Marshall (father? brother of Roger?) had been the longtime GK at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.

Finally, along the lines of “there ought to be a law,” baseball parks should quite simply be banned from ever hosting rock concerts. It wrecks the grass for the players and makes it look hideous for the rest of the season, no matter how much green paint they might spray on.