Walltimore changing again in the future?

[Redskins Rick]

adjustable walls, when the home team is up, the wall is 6ft tall and 30 ft closer to home plate.

away team is up, the wall is 18ft tall and 400 ft from home plate lol

[DrungoHazewood]

5 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

adjustable walls, when the home team is up, the wall is 6ft tall and 30 ft closer to home plate.

away team is up, the wall is 18ft tall and 400 ft from home plate lol

I think it was Bill Veeck who reconfigured his park based on which opponent was coming in.  The Yanks got longer dimensions.  The League made that illegal real quick.

There's a story (probably from Veeck As In Wreck) that he also mounted a 20' or 30' roll-up screen in RF for the minor league Milwaukee Brewers.  Rolled it down when the Brewers were up, fully deployed in between innings when the opponent was coming up.  He says the league made it illegal the next day. Problem is that there's no evidence from contemporary papers that this ever happened.

[Natty]

8 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

adjustable walls, when the home team is up, the wall is 6ft tall and 30 ft closer to home plate.

away team is up, the wall is 18ft tall and 400 ft from home plate lol

I nominate you to be on the O's wall study committee. 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I think it was Bill Veeck who reconfigured his park based on which opponent was coming in.  The Yanks got longer dimensions.  The League made that illegal real quick.

There's a story (probably from Veeck As In Wreck) that he also mounted a 20' or 30' roll-up screen in RF for the minor league Milwaukee Brewers.  Rolled it down when the Brewers were up, fully deployed in between innings when the opponent was coming up.  He says the league made it illegal the next day. Problem is that there's no evidence from contemporary papers that this ever happened.

Veeck strikes me as a very reliable source. 

[Natty]

2 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I think it was Bill Veeck who reconfigured his park based on which opponent was coming in.  The Yanks got longer dimensions.  The League made that illegal real quick.

There's a story (probably from Veeck As In Wreck) that he also mounted a 20' or 30' roll-up screen in RF for the minor league Milwaukee Brewers.  Rolled it down when the Brewers were up, fully deployed in between innings when the opponent was coming up.  He says the league made it illegal the next day. Problem is that there's no evidence from contemporary papers that this ever happened.

Reminds me of when an NFL team got caught opening and closing certain garage doors at the stadium to make the draft/ wind change for field goals. 

Didn't go over too big once they got caught. 

[sportsfan8703]

I think it could be as simple as getting rid of the sharp 90 degree angle that the wall created in LCF. 

[LookinUp]

I bet they do 2/3 things:

1. Move LF in slightly with a slightly lower wall (necessary if moved in). I think it was slightly too extreme this year.

2. Smooth the bullpen angle and/or move the opposition bullpen into the CF grass under the batter's eye. Keep the park beautiful. Get rid of that eyesore.

3. Move RF back a little, including the flag court and the grounds crew bullpen or whatever they call it. Lowest probability, but would help pitchers from those cheapies to right and right center.

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, LookinUp said:

I bet they do 2/3 things:

1. Move LF in slightly with a slightly lower wall (necessary if moved in). I think it was slightly too extreme this year.

2. Smooth the bullpen angle and/or move the opposition bullpen into the CF grass under the batter's eye. Keep the park beautiful. Get rid of that eyesore.

3. Move RF back a little, including the flag court and the grounds crew bullpen or whatever they call it. Lowest probability, but would help pitchers from those cheapies to right and right center.

You can’t have that motion in CF in the view of the batter.

[DrungoHazewood]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Veeck strikes me as a very reliable source. 

There's a certain allure to the old school storyteller who knew that the only way to fact-check him was to spend 20 hours pouring over microfiche at the library.

[Moose Milligan]

4 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

I bet they do 2/3 things:

1. Move LF in slightly with a slightly lower wall (necessary if moved in). I think it was slightly too extreme this year.

2. Smooth the bullpen angle and/or move the opposition bullpen into the CF grass under the batter's eye. Keep the park beautiful. Get rid of that eyesore.

3. Move RF back a little, including the flag court and the grounds crew bullpen or whatever they call it. Lowest probability, but would help pitchers from those cheapies to right and right center.

I don't think they're going to mess with RF, especially now with Rutschman (who, in a small sample size, appears to be better from the left side) and Gunnar Henderson.  And if they keep Santander, too.

[DrungoHazewood]

5 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

You can’t have that motion in CF in the view of the batter.

I'm not sure the official rules say that you have to supply a bullpen.  Just don't have one for the visitors.

[Redskins Rick]

what started me off on the moving walls joke, was a tv commercial, where the NBA rules changes were many, and the players had jetson jet packs to pay, and the basket was a moving target 25 feet off the ground.

[Redskins Rick]

2 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I'm not sure the official rules say that you have to supply a bullpen.  Just don't have one for the visitors.

just put them on the foul grounds warming up.

[LookinUp]

25 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

You can’t have that motion in CF in the view of the batter.

Sure you can, if they're behind a wall. I'm not sure what would be done to allow them to see the game though. 

[Moshagge3]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

what started me off on the moving walls joke, was a tv commercial, where the NBA rules changes were many, and the players had jetson jet packs to pay, and the basket was a moving target 25 feet off the ground.

"Grandpa Shaq, tell us how basketball used to be."