Running 2017 MLB regular season thread

[cjericho]

What's with everyone holding up the phones in SF?

 

[UPChip]

Skydome and New Comiskey are anomalies in the history of ballparks. They were built in that small sliver of time when the multipurpose era was ending, but before the retro era began. I remember them touting Comiskey as state of the art when it opened (IIRC it might have been the first new MLB or NFL stadium built in a decade or more), and within another 10 years it was considered outdated.
Skydome was the first with the retractable roof and it blew our freaking minds. By the end of the 90s they were slapping them on stadiums just for the heck of it and an extra $250 million.
Amazing how big a difference even five years makes.

Skydome came first (1989), then New Comiskey in 1991 (Camden Yards opened a year later). but those two were the first new buildings in MLB since the Metrodome in 1982 and the Kingdome in 1976. The most-recent of the concrete donuts was the Vet in 1971.

EDIT: Forgot about the Big O sometime in the late 70's.

 

[FileNotFound]

Trends come and go, but I think there's an understanding that architectural concepts of the 1960s were, in general, wrong and should not be repeated.

 

[JakeandElwood]

If you stay on the ground floor, Comiskey is actually a great park in which to watch a game.

Completely agree, I think it's an underrated place - very open feel, which I like a lot. Of course I'm biased as a Sox fan. And there's no reason to have to go to the upper deck these days even if that's where your ticket is.

 

[Songbird]

 

[Songbird]

Dear deck Whitman,

LOL. 98 PC, 5.2 INN, 5 HA, BBI, 5 K, 3 ER, 4.765 ERA, 1.059 WHIP

Thinking of you,
Songbird

 

[Songbird]

OTOH, the other Chicago pitcher today -- Quintana -- threw 39 pitches in the 1st.

 

[Songbird]

 

[UPChip]

The answer to life, the universe and everything, including, what was the score of the Phillies game on April 15, 2017?

 

[Chef2]

Nothing happening in SF.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Into the 6th.

 

[bigpern23]

Great Yankees-Cardinals game. Maybe I am just on a good blend of cookies, but this baseball season has been very entertaining.

Another very good game this afternoon. I had hoped to get to one of the games this weekend, but couldn't make it work with my schedule. Too bad, too, it's been an entertaining series so far.

 

[Songbird]

Angels rally to win in Bottom-9 last Sunday. This Sunday, the Royals walk off on them, 1-0, the Angels' 5th straight loss since last Sunday.