5/9 Game Thread: Splitting the Twins

[Michael K.]

Remember debating whether to trade for Polanco or Kepler. Welp Kepler has a .952 OPS and Polanco is at .594. Guess Jerry chose wrong like he does EVERY single time with position players...

Except that if we'd traded for Kepler, their OPSs right now would probably be reversed. We just have the opposite of the Midas Touch in that everything we touch turns to shit.

And that also works in reverse. Nelson Cruz was clearly declining in his last season with us and then with the Twins his OPS jumped from .850 to 1.031/.992/.907 in his three seasons there.

Oops, didn't see that DG basically said the same thing!

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Isn't the stadium where Oakland plays considered as much of a pitcher's park as T-Mobile?

[Donn Beach]

I don't know if it's as much. There's a lot of foul territory, thought that qas the biggest angle

[Big_Maple]

Isn't the stadium where Oakland plays considered as much of a pitcher's park as T-Mobile?

It's a very pitcher-friendly park, mostly because it has huge areas in foul territory. They don't have bullpens in the outfield - they have them along first and third base, so there's plenty of outs from foul balls that would normally fall into the seats of other ballparks.

http://www.parkfactors.com/oak

[Sibelius Hindemith]

But isn't that area also similar to Seattle with regard to climate conditions?

[Big_Maple]

But isn't that area also similar to Seattle with regard to climate conditions?

Not as cold and rainy. Not sure about the marine layer - I have never heard it mentioned like it is at Oracle or Petco. Oracle is only about 10 miles from the O dot Co, but the weather can be different in the Bay Area a few blocks away, much less miles. The weather in the old Candlestick Park could be apocalyptic. The weather in Levi's Stadium is much more reasonable.

[Donn Beach]

Game in 2019 at the coliseum with ten home runs

The Coliseum is notorious for being a tough park to hit one out, especially at night, when the marine layer tends to cause fly balls to die out. But on a warm August afternoon that saw first pitch temperature rise to an unusual 82 degrees in the Bay Area, the Coliseum was transformed into a hitter’s paradise.

“I honestly haven’t seen it fly like that,” Olson said. “I will say a lot of those are still getting out. I wouldn’t say mine to left-center gets out on a normal Oakland night, but that was awesome to see it fly. I saw in batting practice how it was flying, but it’s real hit or miss here. Glad it was carrying.”

[Sibelius Hindemith]

I still don't get why it's hard to get doubles at T-Mobile. Is it a smaller than average outfield or does a combination of field surface and air density keep more balls from getting to the wall? I don't buy that the ball stays in the air longer resulting in more caught balls.

[Seattle or Bust]

I still don't get why it's hard to get doubles at T-Mobile. Is it a smaller than average outfield or does a combination of field surface and air density keep more balls from getting to the wall? I don't buy that the ball stays in the air longer resulting in more caught balls.

I think speed of the field both dirt and grass have something to do with it...