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Get him out and get him out of town to Nashville...I've heard enough about Parra's great stuff, while he sucks. -
Of course, most day games are over by about that time. I sat in the low LF seats in the metrodome for the brewers 6 pm saturday game there, I could not follow a single fly ball the entire game. As soon as the white roof became the background, I lost it and looked for the fielder to see where it was going. Two reasons for mentioning this: 1. Obviously the fielders were not losing the ball as readily as I was and 2. The Metrodome never did anything about their far more significant roof problem, so I think it is pretty certain MP will not either.
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Breaking Down the NL Central - Baseball Tonight version
jeffy replied to RyDogg66's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think they'd be happy if they could show a Yankees-Red Sox game every single Sunday and Wednesday night. -
Sorry but the error was on your part, not the Brewers. If it was 65 degrees, even if windy, it really does not seem to me this would warrant closing the roof. I don't know why someone would head to the ballpark on a day like that wearing, say, shorts and a t-shirt and not at least bringing something warmer along. If it is to be over 60 and definitely at 65 degrees, fans should assume the roof may be open. Thursday it was 58-62 during the game at the park, I'm not so sure it was closed just because of possible rain.
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Please explain specifically how the light coming through the windows has any significant impact on the hitter, prior to that sunny area reaching home plate? For example on Thursday with the roof closed, the sunlight coming through the windows did not get to home until about 4:30, so what impact was there on a batter at 3:30, 2:30, 1:30? If you want no shadows and no glare, the only "solution" would be to get rid of all the windows and play all games with the roof closed...no thanks!
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Braun seemed to have some trouble with one fly ball or maybe it was more of a line drive in Thursday's game. But, really, no big deal as presumably sun can get in one's eyes in any ballpark (except the metrodome, tropicana, or skydome). I would think the players would prefer to deal with the shadows at MP over dealing with the weather...such as the Brewers had to do in Pittsburg and St. Louis.
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I feel like I have seen that more this year than in the past too. One went the other way yesterday too, on Podsednik attempted steal where he apparently came very slightly off the bag. I think it was last year once where some guy getting up after diving back to first on a pick-off attempt took his hand off the bag before he put his foot on. Prince kept the tag on him the whole time, but the ump either was not watching or just ignored it.
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It will vary by time of year, but currently you are way off on the 3 pm time for anything related to the windows. On Thursday it was not until the very end of a very long game that the sunlight coming through the windows reached home plate. That was about 4:30 or 4:45. Maybe in August and Sept this will occur earlier, in which case one option would be to start at noonish...in fact, perhaps this is why the did start at 12:05 in April and May??? I assume your 3 pm time is actually related to the shadow from the roof, when the roof is open. The only solution to that would appear to be to never open the roof for day games. I'm certainly opposed to that, I'm afraid the players will just have to deal with the ball park as it is. You know, I just realized that this means the whole premise of this discussion is, I think, flawed...the sun coming through the windows is not even the cause of any problems for the batters...so curtains or tinting the windows would not help at all. Sun coming through the windows really only affects the left fielder.
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The offense actually started hitting again yesterday, the difference is today they are doing it with RISP...that didn't happen at all yesterday aside from Braun's HR in the 9th.
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http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif Another option would be these: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/features/1997/swinginas/1974/images/fisk.jpg though they might be better saved for a game with the Cardinals http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif (designed to be worn untucked)
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unless he likes this guy... http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/it-pennywise-howling.jpg
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Is that sarcasm? I cant see the game tonight. Gameday said he flied out sharply Yeah, just missed a HR...caught a few feet from the wall in the deepest part of CF.
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When and where was this?During pregame show...not that I have any idea what "pennywise" is.
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I sat in 216 about row 11 on May 9, they would not have had A/C going but I felt there was just more ventillation air flow there than when you are far down the line (at least down the RF line as I have never been down the line in left). I had noticed the same thing down on the field level behind the plate and we were all the way down in row 2 that time.
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Because of the retractable roof and maybe partly the style of roof that was chosen, the structure is very tall...so this would tend to mean the shadows move futher out on the field earlier. Of course, the angle of the sun is a factor too, which means the time of year and the longitude of the location are factors. Finally, the amount of foul territory has an impact on where the shadows fall. I don't think the shadows are a result of any mistake, they are just a consequence of the design. Since there is a roof, it is a tall structure both in terms of the stands and the roof itself. They also wanted the stands to be close to the field. I assume, they wanted to not have an indoor dome feel, hence the large glass areas between the stands and the roof. I think, with the roof closed, it'd feel depressingly like the metrodome had they not put the glass areas in. edit: I want to correct something I had posted, looking at the cub game right now, I realized/rembered that the shadows on the field only come from the 3rd base side as the sun is setting there. Because the structure is so much shorter than MP, the stands on the first base side do not create an shadows that would affect the field. There is a huge difference as it is 3:40 right now and shadows are barely appearing just right along the wall.
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The shadows typically move from the RF line toward the mound and home plate. This is normal and the same thing happens at Wrigley. MP has the normal orientation of a baseball park with 1b to the south..hence the term "southpaw".
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I hope there are not comments with regard to this from the Minnesota announcers, because the ridiculous white roof there has to be a much bigger problem than sun at MP. I think the sun issue is noted more because there is shadow/sun/shadow/sun, due to the roof, rather than the typical shadow/sun that occurs in open air ballparks. If there were no roof, the sun would still shine where the glass is now, that area would be open, there just would not be glass and there would not be a roof shadow. Is the sun situation here really significantly different from places like Wrigley field? I don't think I would see a problem with some light tinting, though. The team could also choose to play fewer day games, not all teams do the midweek day game thing that they do on "getaway day" here. For instance, yesterday they could have played a night game, rather than the 1pm start that was designed to make travel more convenient for the Rockies.
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Roof rules: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/umpires/ground_rules.jsp#ROOF If the game begins with the roof open: It shall be closed only in the event of impending rain or other adverse weather conditions. If the game begins with the roof closed: (Arizona, Houston, Milwaukee, Seattle): It may be opened when, in the opinion of the home club, the climatic environment has reached a level where fan comfort and enjoyment will be best served by opening the roof to the natural atmospheric conditions. Those two rules make it sould like during a game it is easier to open it, than it is to close it. If it is open, it does not sound like they can close it just for fan comfort.
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You were not in the sun, before they closed it were you? Otherwise, it could be that they closed the roof due to an approaching storm and the outisde temp dropped when the storm got there. I do know what you mean about the lack of airflow, even with the roof open. I think they should have made some of the windows on the 1st and 3rd base sides openable, like the outfield panels. On warm days the park is too enclosed, even when it is open.
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You do know there is no A/C...why would you want it closed. The hot days when it is closed due to rain are the worst. I've noticed with the roof closed that there is more ventilation in some areas than other. For instance, it seems to me there is less in the outfield loge and field levels than there is in the seats on those levels that are behind the plate.
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Sorry...NO! Curtains would be a horrible idea. One of the things that makes the park different from a permanent dome is having that glass area rather than just opaque walls. As for the roof decisions, with the wind off the lake yesteday, I think it may have been a bit cool. In the morning at home (in Waukesha County), I had thought they could have gone either way. By the time I got out of the car at the ballpark, I thought it would get a little cool if it had been open. However, it seems to me that the team looks for reasons to close the roof, rather than reasons to open it. They also seem to be excessively worried about changing it at any time during the game. I'd vote to have it open anytime one can be comfortable sitting still in the shade for 3 hours by wearing a light jacket or sweatshirt. I'd put that temperature at about 65 degrees. (what is with you people that think they need to make it comfortable for you to wear shorts and a t-shirt no matter what the actual weather is, if it is going to be 65 put some clothes on!) Yesterday it was apparently only 58-62 at the ballpark during the game, with 25 mph wind coming off the lake, according to intellicast.com historical observations for West Milwaukee. Meanwhile in Waukesha it was 65-70 degrees.
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I sure wish they would stop taking chances on the bases...lucky there again.
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Revealed: Why curve balls are so hard to hit
jeffy replied to brewers02's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The only thing I can figure that might explain that is that maybe the ball is moving too fast to track it with your central vision? But, doesn't game day track the actual flight of the ball and report how much it breaks as well as how much it drops? Does that information back this up...indicating that a curve ball does not "break"? Another thing is would peripheral vision even pick up the spin? A spinning baseball is not going to have that dark/light pattern. It is an interesting illusion, in any case. -
Yes, this offense should be able to produce more than 2 runs in a game.
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But then why not Coffey from the start, why DiFelice. It just seemed like an odd move to burn two right handers there. Not a big deal, just weird.
