Comments on: Should the Mets move the wall in at Citi Field?

By: bennyblanco1

bennyblanco1 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:15:19 +0000

Wright hit what, 29 Homers last year? Yeah, he’ll never hit 30 again.

If they move the walls in, it wont be for David Wright, it’ll be for everyone.

By: chadjones27

chadjones27 — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:51:03 +0000

That’ll just make it easier for Utley to hit a couple extra homers… if he ever makes it back.

By: micker716

micker716 — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:22:00 +0000

Typical short-term, NY-style thinking. Reconstruct the ball-parks dimensions for David Wright? Why not wait until April every season, look at your roster, and customize the dimensions based on your pitching staff, left-, right-handed batters proportions, speed, power, etc.? Incidentally, “cavernous” Citi Field is averaging 1.286 HR’s, 8th highest in baseball so far this season.

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By: macjacmccoy

macjacmccoy — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:42:03 +0000

For almost every other team in the league I would say this was a bad idea. But the Mets are so lifeless and uninteresting they should do anything they to make the team more entertaining. The fact that they have to deal with that media and play across town from the Yankees launching pad can/will/does add alot of negative attention to the lack of power displayed by the Mets especially at home.

Anything they can do to take pressure off the team is a good thing. Being able to score more runs should do that. Yes they would probably give up more runs too but its not like that have pitchers that are keeping guys in the yard anyway. Plus moving the fence isnt really about winning more games its about putting on a better show. And to a common fan a 10-9 game is a better show then a 1-0 game.

So going through with it would probably give them their desired effect. High ratings and more seats filled.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:42:48 +0000

Over the past 2+ years, the Mets have hit a few more home runs at home than on the road (122-115). Their pitchers have given up a lot more home runs on the road than at home (175-139). I think that reducing the dimensions would hurt their pitchers more than it would help their hitters.

By: xnumberoneson

xnumberoneson — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:39:40 +0000

Leave the fences alone. While the Mo Zone has been death to David Wright’s opposite-field shots, the park in general isn’t quite the canyon people make it out to be. We’ve seen some pretty bad hitters jack balls out of that yard. The OF dimensions have also made Citi Field a great park for triples (or as we saw last night, 4-base errors). They should at least look at 3-5 years of data before making adjustments that have unintended consequences like making it easier for all the Phillies’ lefty bats hit balls out of there when they come to town.

By: frankvzappa

frankvzappa — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:12:55 +0000

moving the wall in to 250 feet couldnt help those bums…

By: uuddlrlrbastart

uuddlrlrbastart — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:55:38 +0000

I don’t necessarily think the Mets need to make any adjustments, though I never understood the need for large dimensions and high walls on all sides. But if they do anything, they should just move home plate up a foot or three. Home to the backstop is already the shortest in baseball and there’s very little foul territory down the lines. No wall moving necessary, no real changes, all the quirks are still there. And maybe David Wright will hit a few more home runs and Met fans will stop complaining that he doesn’t bat 1.000 with runners in scoring position.