Since Yankee Stadium officially has given up the most home runs through 6 games in the history of the universe, and home run ballparks inevitably seem to be homes for lousy teams (see Rockies and Orioles), I figure we all need to pool our collective brainpower to find ways of suppressing the power index of this overly generous coliseum.  Here are some possibilities for accomplishing that goal, but feel free to add your own:

  1. Move fence back to original dimensions of 460 in left-center, 425 in right-center, and 490 in cf.  Damn!  Babe Ruth hit that many homers in THAT park?  Wow.
  2. Suspend Big Papi above the Major Deegan so his fat butt blocks the wind from entering the Stadium
  3. Give adjacent seats in right field to both Curt Schilling & Hal Steinbrenner.  Their conversations would create enough hot air to blow back at least 100 homers/year
  4. MTA places tax on homers based on how far ball goes in order to make up for the deficit they’re somehow running on despite record levels of ridership.
  5. Obama places tax on anyone homering more than 35 times per year
  6. Giant poster of A-Rod kissing himself in right field scares ball back
  7. Chill all bats per Pedro Cerrano’s theory (“hats for bats… keep bats warm!”)
  8. Two words: Arena Baseball!
  9. Move the walls back one inch every time a sportswriter makes a dopey comment about how Joba belongs in the bullpen… never mind – right field would wind up in Siberia
  10. Now playing right field for the Yankees… LeBron James…. LeBron… James

 

6 Responses to Ways to Suppress Homers in the Launching Pad

  1. Moshe Mandel says:

    You know you are nuts, right? And I mean that it the most complimentary way.

  2. Steve S. says:

    We have angered the Great Bambino and he’s fucking with our new ballpark. There’s nothing we can do, we’re DOOMED!

    • Tom Gaffney says:

      hmmm, good point. Not sure how to cure that curse. How did Boston finally rid themselves of it? Not sure I’m up to going through eightysome years of futility and abject suffering.

  3. SonnyMooks says:

    I would suggest they just make the fences higher, and move the fences back a bit while also looking to see if they can find a way to block out some of the wind.

    Or place the balls in a “humidor” like colorado does.

    Either way, this isn’t a big deal, homer happy parks have existed since the beginning of baseball.

  4. leftylarry says:

    No biggie, Get lot’s of LH Hitters and LH pitchers.

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