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Apr 13, 2020 · Quick Question released a video today titled, “Why do all MLB ballparks have different dimensions?”. Historical information is provided from official MLB historian John Thorn and current Dodgers senior vice president of planning and development Janet Marie Smith. It’s a very interesting and informative video and, if it’s indicative of ...
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Sep 13, 2011 · Major league ballparks are not standardized in size mainly for historical or local reasons, and remain non-standardized for practical and historical reasons. It isn't that there are no rules for ...
Oct 6, 2020 · For simplicity’s sake, it was decided that Major League Baseball parks would have a degree of freedom in the sizes and shapes of their fields. Some fields have very particular designs for different reasons: Coors Field lays in Denver, one of the highest cities in the nation – compared to sea level. This means the city has lower air pressure ...
Once you leave the infield, where the pitcher's mound is always 10 inches high, and the bases are always 90 feet from each other, the major leagues have few discernible rules regarding field size or fence height. Pro ballparks come in all shapes and sizes, sometimes due to the shape of the city block on which they were built, sometimes just to ...
Sep 25, 2014 · As pitchers (who threw underhanded) became dominant, the box was gradually moved back to 50 feet. When hurlers were finally allowed to throw overhand in the 1880s, the box became standardized at 4 feet wide and 5.5 feet long – and the pitcher had to throw with his back foot at the back line of the box (essentially, from 55.5 feet) In 1893 ...
From Dodger Stadium to Fenway Park, every MLB ballpark is a little bit different. On our first episode of Quick Question, we dive into why ballpark dimension...
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For reason 1: a ball hit into the air and caught in this foul territory counts as an out, so it's construction makes a difference in how a team is positioned and how batters approach their at-bats. On fields with a lage amount of foul territory, more pop-ups will be caught for outs. A pitcher might be more willing to trade a small chance at a ...
