MLB Stadiums

[Nismo]

Why aren't they all the same dimensions?
Gives huge advantages to teams and certain players.
Imagine a 10'3" basket on only one side at MSG. A 12yd. endzone at Solider Field. A 68" net at Joe Louis.
How can MLB have such discrepancies?

[tullamore]

Football has big differences when you factor in domes, and playing inclement weather.

[Deuce]

Hockey is same, Baskets are same. Good call Nismo. Football dome is understandable, weather permits, baseball there is no excuse.

[Crash]

i dunno thats actually a great question i understand why there isnt a diffrence in basketball and other sports but baseball wise good question i loved hitting in sec parks com pared to acc parks becasue sec parks had real short pourches and acc was all about the pitcher!!

good question but dinensions of a field are irrelivent in my opinion becasue either a team has great pitching or great hitting or vise versa so it all equals out... and home field advantage takes into effect!

[tullamore]

If you want all baseball stadiums to have the same dimensions, do you also want them to all have the same seating capacity?

[FrozenMAN]

if it was the same in every city it would be boring, i love the various types of stadiums out there nowadays, the designs are super cool and lead to a great atmosphere and a tailormade feeling. if bud said eveyrthing had to be 345 down the lines and 430 in center with 35,000 seats split between 2 levels and each level slanted at a 8% slope its stupid, and you;d be better watching everthing on tv, no point to go check out the new hot thing in the league

[Shortstop]

Are you serious Nismo?

[Nismo]

Football has big differences when you factor in domes, and playing inclement weather.

Football stadiums do have big differences with weather. But the dimensions are still the same. I think that teams build towards there stadiums strength less and less each year.

[Nismo]

i dunno thats actually a great question i understand why there isnt a diffrence in basketball and other sports but baseball wise good question i loved hitting in sec parks com pared to acc parks becasue sec parks had real short pourches and acc was all about the pitcher!!

good question but dinensions of a field are irrelivent in my opinion becasue either a team has great pitching or great hitting or vise versa so it all equals out... and home field advantage takes into effect!

Home field advantage comes from sleeping in your own bed, having dinner with your wife and kids, having your personal locker, knowing the bumps in the infield,crowd cheering you on....etc. Not having a home run shelf to jack up personal numbers.

[Nismo]

If you want all baseball stadiums to have the same dimensions, do you also want them to all have the same seating capacity?

Just wondering if theres a good explanation as to why the wide discrepancy compared to other sports, my opinion is irrelevant. Seating capacity is dependant on whatever the market could sustain.

[Nismo]

if it was the same in every city it would be boring, i love the various types of stadiums out there nowadays, the designs are super cool and lead to a great atmosphere and a tailormade feeling. if bud said eveyrthing had to be 345 down the lines and 430 in center with 35,000 seats split between 2 levels and each level slanted at a 8% slope its stupid, and you;d be better watching everthing on tv, no point to go check out the new hot thing in the league

The stadiums do get better and better each year. The dimensions in Football stay the same and each stadium is unique.

[Fischnasty]

yeah good call nismo. they should have them in airtight domes so that they can equalize all the air pressures and humidities too. we wouldnt want any one team gaining an unfair advantage that the other team theyre playing against has too.

[Nismo]

yeah good call nismo. they should have them in airtight domes so that they can equalize all the air pressures and humidities too. we wouldnt want any one team gaining an unfair advantage that the other team theyre playing against has too.

Just asking a question. Thanks for your opinion.

[smitch124]

why aren't all the golf courses the same?

[Deuce]

why aren't all the golf courses the same?

Because the same golfers don't play at it 80 times a year that counts towards the main prize.

[MJFtheGenius]

hey genius why don't you stop wasting out time and if you feel so strongly about it write a lettter to the commissioner suggesting this.

[Nismo]

why aren't all the golf courses the same?

100,000 golf courses, 32 MLB stadiums. With a 2 hour drive I could play 50+ golf courses only watch 2 MLB games. Would I pay to golf 50 of the same golf course? With pros its a good question, but I think that at all the pro courses they allow non-pros to play most of the year and make money. If I could rent a game at Wrigley this weekend I would.

[Nismo]

hey genius why don't you stop wasting out time and if you feel so strongly about it write a lettter to the commissioner suggesting this.

Sorry for wasting yout time. I don't really feel strongly about it, I wouldn't want to change it. Just wondering out loud, hoping to get a reasonable explanation.

[OB 2138]

the infield's are all the same dimensions. and its not like teams move the fences each year if they think they can get more hr's or push em back if they got good pitching. I mean look at wrigley or fenway for example, do you think the builders of the stadium made them to give the home team an advantage? no, theres an advantage in every stadium to the home team no matter what the dimensions are. thats what makes baseball great, every stadium has a different atmosphere and feeling to it.

[OB 2138]

great post though really got me thinking.

[OB 2138]

this post reminds me of something i would think of for like 20 minutes right after smokin that buddah

[OB 2138]

gonna have to give you a point for this

[Metalhead]

The dimensions of the infield are the same in every stadium, as are the angles of the foul lines. Only the fences are at varying depths, but it doesn't really affect the way you play the game. I mean, if centre field is 396 feet or 420 feet away the centre fielder is probably going to be standing in the exact same position.

[FrozenMAN]

great post though really got me thinking.

yeah this was a solid topic, nice one dude

[Shortstop]

The dimensions of the infield are the same in every stadium, as are the angles of the foul lines. Only the fences are at varying depths, but it doesn't really affect the way you play the game. I mean, if centre field is 396 feet or 420 feet away the centre fielder is probably going to be standing in the exact same position.

I don't even know where to start with this post.

[Jimmy0607]

This a very good question