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Tried to delete it, but it wouldn't let me.
You guys are 'stuck ' with it.

As a baseball fan, we dream about how could come to play for our team. In the 50's and 60's, the Kansas City A's funneled their players to the Yankees. Yankees fans would almost KNOW who was coming to their team.
There is no such arrangement for powerful teams now.
Now, the rich teams pay a lot for their players. The 'poor' ones use their farm systems.

I don't have a favorite MLB team. When asked who my favorite team is, I like to respond, "My fantasy team".
It is the truth. But, it is a sure conversation stopper.
I still dream of players going to teams.
However, mine are not team related, they're park related.

I dream of players who go to parks that would get the most out of players skills. Or worst.
Giancarlo Stanton plays in Miami. What a gyp!
Why can't he play in Boston?
I wanna see a hole through Fenway's fence.
David Wright's career changed when his park changed. He still plays on the same team. Is still David Wright.
But, he's not the same.
Willie Mays would be the all-time leading home run hitter if not for playing most of his career at Candlestick Park.

So, let's move some players on paper that would be more fun to watch.

I want to see Kyle Schwarber at Yankee Stadium.
I seriously think he would eventually break Roger Maris single season record there.
Schwarber pulls the ball. Roger Maris had to learn to do that. Maris hit almost every one of his home runs to right field.
He was at the perfect place to make history.
Schwarber could do the same.

I want to see Billy Hamilton play at Coors Field. There is a lot of outfield at Coors. More batted balls tend to find grass there. Hamilton plays in a smallish park. Wonderful for fellas like Votto, Frazier, and Bruce.
Not for Billy Hamilton.
Billy Hamilton already plays for a bad team. He may as well play for a bad team where he can steal over 100 bases by getting more hits.

I want to see Kyle Lohse also go to Coors Field.
I wanna see rockets red glare come off hitters bats. The scoreboard hardly able to keep up with runs and hits on the field.
Lohse has 'developed' into a worse pitcher, even than Kyle Kendrick.
Kendrick is fun. But, Lohse could be 'better'.
Lohse has the 'ability' to put seven or eight runs on a Coors scoreboard before their Manager can even think to get somebody warmed up.
At which time, he may change his mind and enjoy the laser show.

I want to see players like Bartolo Colon and Pablo Sandoval and Jumbo Diaz play for the Cardinals.
This one isn't because of the field, but the uniform.
It seems the Cardinals always have 'skinny' or svelte players.
It makes Yadier Molina look big.
Benji should have played there.


I want to see Aroldis Chapman Close for the Cubs.
I want to see him come into a game with 25 mile an hour wind to his back.
I want to see the catcher not get his glove up fast enough. So we could see just how hard it would hit the backstop.
I want the hitter to be Jonathon Lucroy. Lucroy has struck out seven of nine times against Chapman.
And hit a homer off him too.
He closes his eyes, and swings hard.
And hopes something good happens.

I want Mark Buehrle to throw for the Dodgers.
A lot of Dodger fans don't show up till the third inning and leave in the seventh.
Buehrle throws such a quick game, that a game may be in the seventh inning by the time some Dodger fans arrive.
Which would be the time to also leave.

DOUGHBOYS wrote:I want to see Billy Hamilton play at Coors Field. There is a lot of outfield at Coors. More batted balls tend to find grass there. Hamilton plays in a smallish park.

Amazing how exact baseball is about the diamond, but allows such a free had on outfield dimensions. Not complaining as the differences make the sport, well, kind of cool.

Coors Field covers 2.66 acres, 0.18 acres more than the average ballpark (2.49 acres). That is one-third of an acre larger than Fenway Park or about 14,400 square-feet, which is the same extra space as six 2,400 square foot houses.

We also see that National League parks tend to be bigger with six of the seven biggest and an average of 2.51 acres. American League parks have an average of 2.46 acres or more than 2,100 square-feet smaller than NL parks.