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- From: lsmith@pico.cs.umn.edu (Lance "Squiddie" Smith)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
- Subject: Re: Australian Ball - Strange ground.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.013711.23541@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 01:37:11 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news2.1992Nov16.013711.23541
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- In article <griffin.721701840@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> griffin@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Sean McGerty) writes:
- >Sydney Blues(Blue Jays) vs Perth Heat(Astros). -(affiliations)
- >
- >Imagine a home ground that looks like this....
- >
- >
- > |\
- > ______ |.\ <-- Net
- > / \|..\
- > / \ ..|
- > \ \ .| 30ft
- > \ \ |
- > \ \|
- > \ /
- > \ /\ /
- > 300ft \/ \/ 230ft
- > \ /
- > \/
- >
- >My question is, are there any grounds in the states this demented?
-
- Not anymore. Or at least not to my knowledge. In the past some teams
- played games on fields almost this bad. (Yo DHT, how bad was Nicolet?)
- Some major league teams that had moved played games in converted stadiums
- that had really strange proportions. Some minor league teams also played
- in strange stadiums. However, most modern fields are fairly regular and
- the newer ones (with the notable exception of (OPa) Camden Yards) are quite
- dull.
-
- That screen in right does remind me of the the Hefty Bag in MetroDome.
-
- I'll take a look at Green Cathedrals and see if I can come up with
- some comparable parks.
-
- How deep is it to center?
- --
- Lance "Cr2O3.2H2O" Smith | "I aint never seen the peanut before. Maybe
- (lsmith@cs.umn.edu) | Bugs just hired himself some new muscle. Don't
- Reynard and Tybert's | matter. Put him up against the wall with the
- Biggest Fan | rest." _Mr Peanut in Chicago_
-