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The impact of the ballpark on how the game is played has less to do with the architecture as such than with things like the distances, height, and angles of the outfield fences and the amount of space between the foul lines and the stands and between home plate and the backstop. It's the equivalent of the differences in boundary distances from one cricket ground to another.
So strange that it's even done this way instead of having a uniform field size across the entire league like the overwhelming majority of sports. Makes it feel like a less competitive game when something that matters like this isn't taken seriously.
@@derpderpin1568 part of the appeal of baseball to its fans is the uniqueness of the grounds and watching teams have to adjust to their surroundings. you're also wrong, football (soccer) pitches are not uniform in size at all. Neither are cricket fields. and how boring would motorsports be if every track was the same
@@derpderpin1568 Are you familiar with sports? Lmao. Even the world's biggest basketball league isn't in uniform with international rules and court size. Soccer fields differ in size all over the place.
@@derpderpin1568 From an historic perspective, baseball evolved from being played on makeshift 'sandlots' and fields unique to their locations. Nevertheless, the dimensions of the actual diamond (field of play) are always the same regardless.
Rain delays and cancellations (Rain Outs) is as old as baseball itself. When it starts to come down hard enough the umps will delay the game for a restart or cancel it all together. Printed tickets have “rain check” on them allowing a fan to return to a later game free of charge. Hence the term “rain check” has entered our everyday lexicon because of baseball when someone wants to continue something later. For example, if you get invited to something you cannot attend, you can say, “I’ll take a rain check on that”.
They will play through a moderate drizzle, or even a light rain, but once it starts to get heavy they will stop play. Fun fact: if the game has completed five innings (or four-and-a-half if the home team is leading), the game is declared complete if play can't resume. They generally try to avoid this, however.
Before floodlights were installed in stadiums, games also used to be ended due to darkness. It even happened a few times during the World Series back then.
I always find it interesting that the European reaction channels prefer the more "warehouse-y" stadiums like Arizona, Milwaukee, Texas, Houston, etc. Americans, including myself, prefer parks like Baltimore, Fenway, Wrigley, Pittsburgh, and Philly. I don't see how you could prefer the retractable warehouse-type stadiums over the open-air, beautiful backdrop parks. The sun and the scenery are a huge part of baseball.
San Francisco Giants / Oracle Park. Baseballs do float. The body of water is San Francisco Bay; the inlet next to the ballpark is McCovey Cove (named for Giant legend Willie McCovey). Balls hit into the Cove are called "Splash Hits" and are recorded on a big electronic counter on the right field wall. The count currently stands at 98, all time -- although it only counts Splash Hits by the Giants, not visiting teams.
We've hit 100 Splash hits now, and yes, there really are dogs swimming in the water with the kayakers to retrieve balls. The interior of a baseball is cork, which floats. Also, to me, it looks kind of like the Pittsburg Pirates home with the river and bridge. At Oracle it is the SF Bay and the Bay Bridge across the Bay in to Oakland...... which is why you can see across the water to the A's home, Oakland is that close.
Camden Yards in Baltimore and PNC Park in Pittsburgh are two of the finest fields in MLB. Absolutely stunning structures and their backdrops are fantastic
Yes,indeed. I'm an O's season ticket holder (well,partial plan anyhoo,get to about 25-ish games a year) and try to make the road games when they play at Pittsburgh as well. Though that can have a several years gap,though the new balanced schedule should make it every other year now I guess. Being a Baltimore native I have to lean to my ballpark,but ever since the Hilton was built outside of left center field here,it's not even debatable,to me anyway,that PNC has THE best panoramic view of any ballpark.
As a lifelong Cubs fan, its good to see we gained a couple of more fans across the pond. Wrigley Field is one of the most beautiful parks in person. And nothing beats a day in the bleachers along the back wall. Within the last 10ish years they have made major renovations not only to the parks but revamping the surrounding area with new restaurants, team stores and outdoor recreation areas just outside the entrance
The first time you get inside the stadium and see how green the grass is in the sunlight (they play a lot of day games) it is just short of a religious experience you won’t ever forget. The way the Wrigleyville (yes that’s what it’s called) wraps around the stadium and has plenty of bars to go to celebrate a win (or lament a loss) is unique, and there are few better ways to spend a summer day and night.
Oh, also, as you've probably discovered by now: baseballs definitely do float. They're made of a cork center with yarn wound tightly around it, then covered with cowhide stitched in the trademark manner. At the SF Giants ballpark (currently called Oracle Park), there is a running scoreboard of "Splash Hits," which are home runs hit over the right field grandstand and into San Francisco Bay on the fly -- only ones hit by the Giants, they don't count ones hit by opposing teams. That little inlet behind the right field wall where all the kayakers hang out during games hoping to get a home run ball is called McCovey Cove, named in honor of Giants Hall of Fame first baseman and left-handed power hitter Willie McCovey. The kind of funny thing is that McCovey retired from baseball 20 years before the stadium was even built, so it's as if they named the Cove after him in honor of all the balls he WOULD HAVE hit into it, had he played in a later era.
Hi Again Boys... I live in Boston. John Henry and the group DID in fact make several updates to Fenway. The green monster in left field use to just have a net on top of it to prevent home run balls from falling onto traffic on the street outside the wall. Now there are "Monster Seats" on top of the wall where fans can buy tickets to sit on top of the wall. Also in the opposite corner, they created another special seating area. They also improved the "high roller" seating areas and upgraded the luxury boxes. So yes, John Henry and his partners did make several improvements to Fenway Park.
The Pirates stadium (PNC Park) is a great venue. As a native Pennsylvanian who has lived around the US, I've been to a bunch of MLB stadiums. It's a well done park with a great view. The neighborhood has also gotten so much better. The video doesn't tell you but there's a riverfront walkway between the stadium and the river. And there have been some balls hit into the river as well. It's in a neighborhood with shops and restaurants which has come a long way in revitalizing since the stadium opened, and you can walk from downtown to the stadium. It's a great venue.
Went to college in Pittsburgh, and I was gobsmacked by PNC Park. What a great feel on a Friday night--walking down over the bridge--great fans. Damn, sending me back over 10 years!!
i'm waiting for someone to hit a ball onto the Mass Pike at Fenway. i've never really thought of a stadiums neighborhood, but now thinking of it, and not trying to be biased, Fenway is probably in the best neighborhood in the MLB
@@cartergambone2730 Cubs fans might disagree, but I agree Fenway has a good neighborhood feel. It's part of the reason ballparks went back "in town" and have a better streetside appeal in the area they're located. It's deliberately trying to recreate the old connection to the city life that Wrigley and Fenway didn't lose.
@@heazheaz6105 ya im not gonna lie ive been to Camden yards, and although i appreciate their move back to the old field style and i love how it looks, it feels like twice as big as fenway. Fenway feels extremely personal because of how cramped everything is and i'm not sure and stadium can beat that. Camden Yards is probably my 4th favorite ballpark
Brewers fan here. Our stadium was called Miller Park up until a few years ago and many people still call it that because the new name sucks. And also it is soooooo unbelievably convenient to have the retractable roof because we never have to worry about bringing umbrellas or ponchos for the rain, or games getting delayed or postponed. If its nice weather, the roof is open. If its bad weather, the roof is closed. It even can close mid-game if bad weather is moving in and it only takes about 10 minutes to close up. Its great!
I went to Miller Park for a Cubs v Astros game after a hurricane hit Houston. Watched Zambrano pitch a no hitter in North Wrigley. Really jealous of the stadium, it's much nicer than the OG Wrigley
No kidding. I’m from Milwaukee. Nobody calls it American family field. Miller park is such a good name because the team is literally the brewers. Name fit perfectly and then American family insurance came along and guaranteed that I would never purchase their insurance for the rest of my life.
Heyyy Pittsburgh native checking in! The view is one of the best reasons to go to a baseball game at PNC park (the Pirates have been bad for years). Glad you guys liked the stadium. Pittsburgh, if I am not mistaken, is actually the city with the most bridges in the world. Oh and it's super convenient for me working in one of the towers you can see in the background since I can watch the games while at work lol.
In regards to Fenway, there have been some renovations. The seats on top of the monster are only about 20 years old. They've had some other improvements over the years but there's only so much they can do with a park that's 111 years old.
Something about Fenway that intrigues me is that players all say how it feels like the fans are practically right on top of them. Not only are the seats close to the action, but the acoustics are apparently such that you can be playing 3rd base and hear every word of conversations between fans -- and, of course, every word from the drunk guy talking about how you suck and you couldn't hit a basketball with a barn door, etc.
I'm old enough to remember going to games pre-renovations, and compared to what it was before, the current Fenway is Apple's new headquarters. It was dirty, cigarette stink everywhere, empty beer cups all over the place, just a bad scene (Just as Bostonian as "that dirty water"). Now it's really a wonderful experience for a family outing (if you don't mind your kids hearing some salty language.) Bring your wallet.
Even though I'm a Yankee fan from NY, I have to admit that the view from Comerica Park in Detroit is absolutely stunning (especially since the city, which has been down on its luck for decades, has been making a comeback). I was last there in the late 2000s and since I'm a car guy too I always have a special place for the Detroit teams Edit: I had no idea you guys chose teams already - Padres and Cubbies are great choices fellas!
Yes. modern baseball stadiums have larger seats. That is due to larger patrons, but it's also due to _taller_ patrons. The average American height has increased by nearly 2 inches (~5cm) in the past century. I've sat in the old box seats in Fenway and they are not comfortable. We are also more accustomed to having more personal space.
Yes, he is correct about Coors field in Denver, it is a place where pitching careers go to die. The ball travels further there because of the high altitude, and as a venue it tends to be in the top 3 every year in the most Homeruns hit. Fenway has been upgraded many times and has still kept that old timey feeling. Along with Wrigley Field, Fenway is baseball holy ground due to it's age. Yankee Stadium isn't really the Yankee Stadium that I grew up with, The new one was built in 2009. The old Yankee Stadium was nicknamed the "House that Ruth built" as in Babe Ruth, the New Yankee Stadium has been called "The House that Jeter built" after Derek Jeter. Baseballs do float, the inner core is made of cork. surrounded by rubber. Then wrapped in a yarn, string like cord. then it is covered with 2 pieces leather and stitched together (the red seams you see).
A Phillies fan here married to a Yankees fan. We have been to several stadiums on the east coast. They are all stunning in different ways - it would be boring if they were all the same. The Liberty Bell at Citizen's Park in Philadelphia is a huge part of American History (the real Liberty Bell can be found in the historic downtown). When a Philly player hits a home run, the bell lights up and 'rings' in homage to the history of Philadelphia. Also, we have had seats in all different places at the stadium and always had a good seat. (I have flown into Philly from vacation at night, and the bell lit up, knowing that someone hit a home run. Everyone on the plane cheered!) Yankee Stadium, although newer, the architects brought in the architectural details from the original stadium. It is expensive to attend a Yankee game. This stadium is historically iconic. There is absolutely nothing negative to say about Yankee Stadium. It is one of the most historic teams, as people wear NY Yankees merchandise worldwide. Although I am not a fan, the team is an American icon. I don't like this guy's Google Earth reviews of all American Stadiums - MLB, NFL, and College. He's basing his opinion on Google Earth photos of some stadiums under construction or during the off-season when maintenance isn't necessary to be done daily, like during the regular season for each sport. I guarantee you this guy has never stepped foot in one of these stadiums he's reviewing. He does nothing but criticize the stadiums. Google Earth images don't work - you need to be there and experience each stadium. They are all amazing in their own special way!
PNC park and Oracle park are amazing. I'm an astros fan who went to the last game at the Astrodome and the first at (then Enron and now) Minute Maid Park. But damn does PNC and Oracle deserve visiting if you're in town. I want to go to all baseball stadiums with my dad, and now that he's retired we might do it.
I wasn't a massive 'go out of your way' to see Yankee Stadium and Texas new stadium, but I deeply enjoyed the view of Mariner's park during a good summer day.
Several writers have called PNC Park one of the best baseball stadiums in America, citing its location, views of the Pittsburgh skyline and Allegheny River, timeless design, and clear angles of the field from every seat.
He forgot to mention the fountains at Kauffmann, there’s a bunch of fountains beyond the outfield seats that players can hit the balls into, as Kansas City is known as the “City of Fountains”…the royals also have special jerseys modeled after those fountains
its common for baseball games to have weather delays. they will suspend the game until the foul weather passes and resume play, or worse case scenario they postpone the game to be made up at a later date. during rain delays the grounds crew will roll out a giant tarp to place over the infield to keep the dirt from getting muddy so players do not slip all around. fun video would be reacting to weather delay bloopers in MLB
Weather delays can also depend on the age of the stadium. Many of the older fields don't have the drainage systems to handle runoff like the newer stadiums. The one unavoidable delay is lightning.
American Family Field has a retractable roof because Milwaukee is one of the northernmost cities in the league. Games in early season and (god willing) postseason are in danger of not only raining out but being snowed out. It’s nice to be able to buy tickets for a game and be guaranteed that it will take place. I’m glad you guys enjoyed it. Milwaukee is also famous for beer and cheese so you’ll definitely have a good time regardless of the quality of the Brewers. 😅
The other stadium you can see from Seattle's ballpark is where the Seahawks play (NFL). It's a really awesome stadium though; the roof pulls over the field like an umbrella, which is great because it rains so often in Seattle but the temps are usually great. On top of that they've got a great beer selection and great food, like sushi, crab fries, etc. Also, they didn't show the Brewers' roof closing, but it's pretty sweet. Folds in and creates a clamshell.
Orioles park at Camden yards by far still the best...looks old like Fenway, amenities, view of downtown, history!(Babe Ruth's dad was a bartender at a bar that used to be located within the field of play)...a few blocks away from the inner harbor, metro rail drops you off right there, and the warehouse... Classic look, modern amenities, view, history, and more!
Fun fact Roger's center in Toronto has a hotel attached, and there are rooms that actually face into the park where you can watch the game from your window.
I feel like this video undersells the Cleveland Guardians' ballpark, Progressive Field. The exposed steel and distinctive lights are nods to the city's industrial past, and it offers one of the best skyline views of any ballpark when you actually visit it and watch a game there. It was the second of the "retro-modern" ballparks, and refined that look into a very accessible space that's one of the best parks in MLB to watch a game.
At the beginning of this video you mentioned a "warehouse" that was incorporated into the stadium's theme. That WAS the Oriole warehouse. Glad you were able to acknowledge same.
As a former employee of Fenway Park, I can tell you that they don't make renovations. FSG will add new additions (most recently the Truly Terrace behind the right field bleachers) but rarely renovate the main building. They like to keep the historic nature intact.
To answer your question about Minute Maid Parks roof when it opens: it completely folds like an accordion over the right field stands haha, which was opposite of that camera shot. And also you mighta missed him making a sneaky reference to the Astros cheating scandal with his train smoke signals and trashcan comment
FSG did a shit ton of renovations to Fenway, the old owner wanted to build a new stadium but the city wouldn’t allow them too so when FSG bought it they had no choice but to do massive renovations and the renovations are all awesome additions… I work there so I’m there every single day
I worked at Fenway from 2013-2019. And to be fair I'm not the greatest when it comes to observing visual changes but I can't think much of anything changing during that time. Unless what your talking about hasn't happened during those years.
Greetings D&N ... I've been to a few ballparks (Oakland, SF, Dodgers, Angels, and Seattle). I admit that I'm a Giants fan; but, their ballpark is the most beautiful that I've seen. A bit of history, Angels stadium used to have a chain link fence. I was at the ballgame when Bobby Valentine got caught in the fence and broke his leg ... ending his career. In the early 70s, I was at an Oakland A's game when they still had "bat day." imagine today, tens of thousands of people sitting in their seats holding baseball bats! Peace guys and best regards.
They actually made the seats wider at globe life field. He’s not joking about that. Then he just stuck in a joke to make fun of america’s obesity problem.
Fun Fact, now Citi Field (Mets) has the biggest screen, which was just built this offseason. I went to a game on April 8th and it was HUGE in person lmao.
Also some stadiums have updated from last year. The Twins being one, they made some renovations and updates including making the Jumbo Tron way bigger than it was last year.
A real shame, with the Royals at Kauffman Stadium he didn't even mention all of the fountains and water features in the outfield. Kansas City is known as the city of fountains, so it's a very important park of the ball park.
28:08, yes, people have hit homeruns in to the Bay, that part of the park is known as McCovey Cove, and, as of right now, the ball has gone into the bay off of a Giants bat 97 times. The wall just in front of McCovey Cove has a counter that keeps track of the "Splash Hits" Home Runs by the Giants that land directly in the water.
McCovey Cove is named after the Giants 1960's and 70's star first baseman, who as a lefty pull hitter put a lot of home runs into right field at their previous dump of Candlestick Park. I don't know how moving the stadium a few miles has managed to help the weather so much. The Cove is attached to the San Francisco Bay, the large body of water between San Francisco and Oakland, thus the reason there are no obstructions between the Oakland Coliseum. And yes it was the steroids in Barry Bonds who put so many home runs into the Cove, but they still have not removed his name from the record books or even put an asterisk next to his name.
12:24 - the narrator is being genuine. This is also why it's not uncommon to see NFL field goal kickers at the Denver Broncos' stadium hit field goals from distances you wouldn't even consider attempting at sea-level (60yds+).
28:05 It’s called McCovey Cove after one of the Giants HoF players from the 60’s/70’s & yes tens of home runs in games have been hit into it. There is a counter in RF. The baseballs do float in the water, at least for a few minutes.
The altitude in Denver has a massive effect on the way everything happens in baseball. Pitchers can’t put the same spin on the ball, making them easier to hit, and the ball also flies much further.
I grew up in Chicago so let me say that the Chicago White Sox stadium may officially be called Guranteed Rate Field, but it's rightful name is and always will be Comiskey Park, named for the former owner of the team Charles Comiskey.
Also I don’t know how the guy didn’t mention for Citi Field that it is extremely close to LaGuardia Airport, so like every minute or so you see a plane flying over or beyond centerfield, a feature that is so common for that Stadium that I believe the MLB video games even incorporated it into the background during gameplay at that stadium
A very, very light drizzle they might let play continue, but any actual rain is a problem because the infield becomes muddy which is dangerous to players as well as detrimental to the field, so the grounds crew are very quick to pull out the tarps and try and protect the infield dirt. Further, visibility is very important to player safety, so rain further makes things more dangerous than people think.
Judging from the length of this video - this is going to be more of a marathon than a sprint. But I'm glad it's with you two - looking forward to your reactions to these stadiums. Thanks for posting.
Didn't realzie you had chosen the Padres. Been a fan my whole life and it's been mostly filled with suffering outside of a few years here and there. If you really want to get to know the history of the team I'd reccomend looking into Mr. Padre himself, Tony Gwynn. It's a great time to become a fan, welcome to the Friar Faithful!
As a baseball fan its painfull that he isn't mentioning the unique walls, which is the only part that affects the game. Some ballparks are pitcher or batter friendly and some even favor left or right handed hitters and pitchers.
In Seattle, from T-Mobile park you can see the stadium where the NFL team plays. The Seahawks. The Mariners need that retractable roof considering how much it rains in Washington state. The first few decades of their existence, they played in a dome.
Tampa Bay is widely considered to be the worst stadium, and PNC in Pittsburgh is generally considered the top. Petco Park in San Diego is generally a Top 5, or even Top 3, it’s a great visit.
30:36 This is the warehouse you mentioned at the beginning of the video. It has only been hit once on the fly, by Ken Griffey Jr. in the All Star Home Run Derby the stadium hosted in the mid-90’s. There is another stadium further in the video, Petco Park in San Diego, where the old warehouse remains are literally built into the LF bleachers but are obviously hit all the time.
Rays fan here, and yes, Tropicana Field is not the best of stadiums. The team has been looking to build a new one for years now. However, since this video has been uploaded, the team poured some money into some renovations, the most notable of which being colored lights that make the roof when viewed from the interior look beautiful. The roof will light up pregame and after a Rays win. There is also a touch tank filled with live stingrays in the outfield that you can go and pet, and there have been a few balls hit into the tank in the past. Those are probably the only 2 elements I would carry over to any new stadium the Rays would build though
11:44 He was referring to the “keyhole” which is the name for the narrow dirt strip connecting the home plate area to the pitcher’s mound They used to be more a common feature, but now Comerica Park in Detroit is the last MLB ballpark to have one
Camden Yards (for the Baltimore Orioles) has markers along the street in front of the warehouse where home runs have been hit during official games. The warehouse has only been hit once, and was during a home run derby by Ken Griffey Jr. There was apparently worry that the warehouse would constantly get pelted when they first built the place, but seems like they didn't have to worry.
We don’t worry too much about it getting chilly at Target Field. It may have been 30*F (-1C) last week, but it was 88*F (31C) yesterday, so during baseball season it is either too hot or you may want a light jacket ready.
Sorry for the multiple comments, but another detail he missed, on Dodger Stadium, is that the seats colors represent the ocean, the lower deck is sand colored, and it gets darker until it hits the “water” where the seats turn blue
That body of water is part of the San Francisco Bay, and yes, MANY batters have hit home runs into the bay. So much so, that some fans hangout in boats to catch the balls or pull them out of the water during the game. Oh and by the way...GO CUBS!!!
That stadium that you can see from the Mariners park is the Seattle Seahawks stadium. I've actually been near the top of a Seahawks game where you can practically look down into the Mariners park
Yes, that is absolutely true about Coors Field in Denver. And despite having MLS's largest outfield it's _still_ considered to be a "hitter's ballpark," in that it favors hitters over pitchers due to the lack of air density.
Baseball stadiums are so unique. From their history to random nuances. I remember playing in Senior League and that year we had interleague play. Our field was a bit over 300ft to center. When we went to the other leagues park it was over 400ft. Some parks are hitter friendly(Coors Field, Yankee Stadium) while others are pitcher friendly(Comerica) and then you have places like Wrigley which can be both due to the wind and whether it is blowing in or out.
16:13 Yes they did a massive renovation of Fenway starting in 2002. They originally planned to tear it down and replace it but they backed down after a huge public outcry over the plan.
Oakland was a multi use stadium. They shared with the Oakland raider football team. If you remember some older clips of raiders games , the field was dirt towards the middle. That was the baseball infield. They had to share the fields and could lay grass down in the infield for football. Anytime you see dirt on the old nfl clips, these were shared stadiums.
PNC park is one of the most favorite ballparks, even by visiting Teams! LET'S GO BUCS! I happen to live in Pittsburgh and are going to the game this Wednesday against the visiting A's. Pittsburgh is known as the "City of Bridges" You can see two here, we in fact have 446 bridges!
Tropicana Field may not be super popular or particularly modern, but I love the ground rules there. They’re pretty unique. The Rays have been trying to move into a new stadium for a while, though the city of St Petersburg won’t let them out of their lease.
Can't believe there was no mention of the Kansas city water fountains in the stadium. The main attraction of the stadium. And the white sox stadium has the entire chicago skyline behind it, and some of the best food out of any stadium. This guy needs to do more research and less puns and jokes.
21:31 I have no clue how you talk about Kauffman Stadium and don't mention the one feature that truly makes it unique: the outfield wall is lined with a spectacular array of fountains. I wish this guy did more research and fewer cringey comedy bits.
Fenway underwent some renovations that are new this season. The Green Monster didn't always have seats on top of it... but they added them in the early 2000s. Fenway is a classic... one of those stadiums that falls under "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" Full disclaimer... I am a diehard Red Sox fan... but Fenway is a must to visit for all baseball fans! Keep up the great reactions guys!
Baseball is a gentleman's game (cough, cough). And a gentleman simply doesn't play in the rain. If rain starts before the game they will delay it (if the rain is supposed to let up soon) or cancel the game. If the rain starts during the game, they will delay, call it an official game, or cancel the game. To be called an official game, both sides must have finished their 5th inning. If the game means something like a post season game. They may get everyone soaked trying to play it somehow.
Personal opinion obviously, but roofs don’t belong over a baseball field. I suppose some shade canopies for the stands are ok, but fully open air stadium is the absolute best way to enjoy a game.
Also, yes baseballs DO float….for a while anyway. Baseballs have a cork core tightly wrapped in yarn with a cowhide cover. They will float for a while until the water seeps in through the stitching holes and overloads the buoyancy. They float longer in saltwater than freshwater.
As an A's fan, been to the Coliseum soo many times. Man it really feels old and unkempt and sometimes the seats get so hot that you can burn your legs lol. There has been talks of building a new stadium for SO long it seems like. The SF stadium is way better. And yes people literally go out on boats and kayaks in the bay outside of the SF stadium to get balls. Especially when Barry Bonds was there.
Enjoyed many summer nights and a whole lot of nachos and beer at the Coliseum. When I was still in the Navy, tickets were 1/2 price for military. You have to admit that the "old and unkempt" feeling was part of it's appeal. Besides, the Giants were still in Candlestick back then.
Fun (or not so fun) fact. The A’s originally were trying to move south to the San Jose area, but this was blocked by the Giants because they own the MLB territory rights for San Jose. But back in the 1990s when the Giants were looking to build a new stadium, the A’s gave the Giants the right to move there in their bargaining with San Francisco. Note that 1990s were the beginnings of Silicon Valley (which San Jose is a part of), so it is understandable that the Giants don’t want the A’s taking that now lucrative territory back and building a modern stadium there.
@@larrysmac When I was in high school in the early 2000s, they had this deal called "2 dollar Tuesdays" so we'd take a half day from school and take BART over to watch the day games. Was so much fun. Going back as an adult though where I like to complain about everything, not as much. lol.
@@Timmycoo Oh yeah, BART was so convenient, I don't know why anyone would waste gas driving. Also, I'm sure it was a much nicer venue when I was going there back in the '80s. Besides, we had Krazy George. LOL
They have done some renovations to Fenway recently. Mostly to the clubhouses. The biggest change in recent times was the addition of seating on the green monster (although that was 20 years ago). Other than that mostly just scoreboards, restrooms, etc. Yet even with the new electronic scoreboards they still use the old manual scoreboard on the green monster. It is a stadium that really hasn't changed a ton over the years.
the ballpark with the warehouse is oriole park and despite being only about 440 feet from home plate, it has never been hit in a live game due to the aerodynamics of the warehouse, and hitting a homerun onto that street between the park and the warehouse gets you a plaque at the spot where it was hit
I don't think picking your favorite based off the city in the backdrop is silly, I think baseball historically makes a lot more sense when it's being played in the heart of the city. The parks used to primarily be built on the city's grid and form fit to them, which is why you have some historical stadiums with more radical dimensions (Fenway park was shown here with it's shorter left field, and historically the Polo Grounds was built more like a bathtub) I think the stadiums that moved out into the suburbs and are just surrounded by parking lots miss the point. Baseball is an everyday game, being at the park should be part of the hum of everyday life in the city in the spring/summer
Baseball season is played throughout the summer, lads. The Phoenix summers can consistently get into the high 40s (Celsius), so the only way Arizona is able to host 40k+ fans is with an air conditioned dome. A full-house there in June/July is very stuffy however, even with the artificial cooling and fans everywhere. Later in the season they tend to keep the roof open when the weather is much nicer, especially during the playoffs (Sept/Oct).
If you want to learn more about hitting the warehouse at Oriole Park, Five Points Vids did a video explaining just how difficult it is. Only one player has hit rhe warehouse and it was during the Home Run Derby, when pitches aren't thrown as hard and it's a glorified batting practice.
@DNReacts Glad to hear it. What's cool about stadiums like Oracle and Orioles Park is they keep track of certain home runs hit to certain areas. So the Orioles place a bronze ball into the ground along Eutaw Street where a home run was hit, with the players name, the team they played for and date the homer was hit listed on the ball. So there are about 130 of those along Eutaw Street. At Oracle, with that body of water so close, they have a counter in right field which counts every homer hit by a Giants player that lands in the water. I think the count is around 90 or so.
25:19 It's an Ice Hockey Rink, at the time the picture was taken, National Park was prepping to host the NHL Winter Classic, an outdoor Ice Hockey game.
@25:20 The NHL has a stadium series where they play hockey outdoors. They have used both MLB ballparks and football stadiums for their venues. So what you are seeing is a hockey rink built inside the ballpark.
And if it rains, the stadiums that have retractable roofs will have them close before the game even starts if it’s expected to rain. If it suddenly rains during a game in an open air stadium, they will bring out a tarp and cover the field in a tarp. Play will stop. If it’s too bad, or expected to be too bad, they will postpone the game until a different day.
Mariners fan here, the other stadium next to T-Mobile Park is Lumen Field. That is the American Football stadium for the Seattle Seahawks. Pretty insane traffic in that area during the times where both seasons are happening.
6:36 - Baseball is, in fact, similar to cricket in its ability to get rained out easily. Since it is dangerous to throw a slippery ball 90 miles per hour and the infield dirt turns to mud very quickly if left uncovered, they will delay games if it starts to rain and call them off completely if there is no end in sight. He mentions the roofs that protect from sun and heat but most retractable roofs and full domes in the US are built to protect from rain, snow, and cold. 8:11 - The Mets' home run apple is a nod to one of New York's nicknames being "The Big Apple." 9:12 - The field level being dug into the ground is actually pretty common in modern stadium design, at least in the US. This means that they don't have to build the stadium as high off the ground which I think helps with neighboring sightlines but also just makes the whole thing cheaper and easier to build. 9:32 - He alludes to a thing called "The Batter's Eye." This is an area behind the pitcher from the batter's perspective where there not allowed to be any seats and whatever IS there needs to be a dark shade like dark green or black. This makes it easier on the hitter to pick up pitches. 12:25 - He's being silly about describing the physics but the ball does travel farther in Denver and they do have larger field dimensions because of it. 16:02 - Yes, they did TONS of upgrades to the stadium including adding the Green Monster seats and expanding the upper deck but they've reached their limit. They would have to purchase an actual street to expand any further. 18:00 - Newer stadiums DO have wider seats than older stadiums and it IS because the average American sports fan is getting larger by the year. Sad but true. 22:44 - It was a garish sculpture of different Miami-themed things that would light up and have elements come to life whenever a Marlin hit a home run. It was taken out in about 2018 and moved outside of the stadium. 23:57 - He answers it later. The outfield wall and windows support that section of roof and roll away along with the roof. 25:19 - Hockey rink. The NHL started hosting games in football and baseball stadiums a few years back. Pretty cool spectacle really. Look up highlights of the Heritage Classic, the Winter Classic, and the NHL Stadium Series for examples. 28:07 - You're looking at the end of a small inlet called Mission Creek. This section itself is called Mission Bay which leads into the greater San Francisco Bay which itself leads to the Pacific Ocean just a few miles from there. Mission Bay lends its name to the neighborhood surrounding the Creek and the Mission Bay neighborhood is where Oracle Park and the Warriors' new Chase Center are located. The section of water right behind the right-field wall has been nicknamed McCovey Cove after former Giants great Willey McCovey. 29:23 - They don't float but surface tension can cause them to bounce of the water upon hard impact and stay close to the surface for a short time but you gotta get them pretty quickly before they sink. 32:15 - The warehouse behind Oriole Park at Camden Yards has been hit by a ball in fair territory during a game. It was hit on a home run during the Home Run Derby at the 1993 All-Star Game by Ken Griffey Jr. but that's the only remotely-official time it's happened. 37:56 - The other stadium there was Lumen Field of the Seatle Seahawks. His earlier reference to other stadiums that could see each other was for the fact that San Francisco and Oakland were the only baseball stadiums that could see each other. There are plenty of complexes where the baseball stadium is next to other sports stadiums. Philadelphia and Detroit are some other examples.
38:58 that is club level seating they have cushions and waiter services, not just wood seats. Also just after this you said it looks large... it has the smallest footprint of any MLB stadium.
for the silly question, it depends on how hard its raining. if its just a light drizzle then they try to play on. if its a down pour, they cover the diamond. if there’s lighting or thunder they also call the game but thats with any outdoor sports.
Baseball games can continue through light drizzle, but heavier rain routinely causes either delays or cancellations of games. If pitchers can't grip the ball securely, batters aren't safe. And if the dirt infield is soaked, runners can't get secure footing, particularly while turning around the bases, and that's dangerous too. Regarding Coors Field, it has long been known as a place where offensive numbers are just ridiculous, and where good pitching goes to die. The altitude doesn't just mean that struck balls fly further (necessitating the huge outfield), it also means that the spin of a pitched baseball has less effect on its flight path. This means that fastballs go straighter, curveballs curve less, sliders don't slide, etc. Thus, players who play for the Rockies routinely have wildly different results when playing home and away games, and the Rockies have a tradition of strong hitting but terrible pitching. They've tried all sorts of things to mitigate this, including storing all the baseballs in a custom humidor (like for cigars) which allegedly does something to deaden them when struck, but haven't really managed the trick yet. And Baseballs DO float! That was a tennis ball in the video, but baseballs hit into McCovey Cove do float all the time! They're made of rubber, twine, cork, and leather. It's all packed together super-tightly, but each of those things float on their own, so the ball floats too!
Alot of people will tell you about rain delays, but I also want to point out that the bases and homeplate become very slippery when wet. Huge safety issue in that regards.
