Comments on: Are lots of big boppers a good thing? http://umpbump.com/press/2009/09/10/are-lots-of-big-boppers-a-good-thing/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kensai http://umpbump.com/press/2009/09/10/are-lots-of-big-boppers-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-61613 kensai Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:48:25 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=6848#comment-61613 I wonder if that's more a factor of teams spending money on offense rather than pitching or defense or other factors. Or the rest of their lineups being shit. I wonder if that’s more a factor of teams spending money on offense rather than pitching or defense or other factors. Or the rest of their lineups being shit.

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]]> By: Nick Kapur http://umpbump.com/press/2009/09/10/are-lots-of-big-boppers-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-61586 Nick Kapur Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:34:34 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=6848#comment-61586 I still remember when the Dodgers did this back in 1997. I think they just scraped by when Todd Zeile hit a homer on the last day of the season or something. I remember it seemed like a really huge deal back at the time, because it had only been done three times before, and two of those were the pre-humidor Coors Field Rockies, which is pretty easily discounted. But then the steroids era got going in earnest, and tiny, band-box parks like Citizens and Great American got built, and now lo, 8 more teams have done it in just over 10 years. It's still weird to me though, that two of the first five teams were the Dodgers, and the other three were Rockies. I mean, by all available evidence, Dodger Stadium is not, and has never been, a very home run friendly ballpark. I still remember when the Dodgers did this back in 1997. I think they just scraped by when Todd Zeile hit a homer on the last day of the season or something.

I remember it seemed like a really huge deal back at the time, because it had only been done three times before, and two of those were the pre-humidor Coors Field Rockies, which is pretty easily discounted.

But then the steroids era got going in earnest, and tiny, band-box parks like Citizens and Great American got built, and now lo, 8 more teams have done it in just over 10 years.

It’s still weird to me though, that two of the first five teams were the Dodgers, and the other three were Rockies. I mean, by all available evidence, Dodger Stadium is not, and has never been, a very home run friendly ballpark.

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