OF COURSE! It's the angle of the seating.

"There are a couple ballparks out there that the ball just travels well. This might be one of them," New York's Mark Teixeira, who hit two of those home runs.

Fourteen of the home runs have been hit to right field, raising concern that there might be a wind tunnel in the $1.5 billion ballpark, which has wide, open concourses, as opposed to the narrow hallways in the original Yankee Stadium on the south side of 161st Street, which remains standing.

"Angle of the seating in the new stadium could have an effect on wind speed across the field," AccuWeather's Gina Cherundolo said on the company's Web site Monday. "The old Yankee Stadium had more stacked tiers and a large upper deck, acting like a solid wall, in effect, which would cause the wind to swirl more and be less concentrated.

"The new Yankee Stadium's tiers are less stacked, making a less sharp slope from the top of the stadium to the field. This shape could enable winds to blow across the field with less restriction. In addition, the slope of the seating would also lead to a 'downslope' effect in the field which, depending on wind direction, would tend to cause air to lift up in the right field."

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They I got an idea. How about the architech’s know oogatz about fluid mechanics, how ’bout that?

Resident LGT results-oriented boob.

by mauichuck on Apr 21, 2009 2:52 AM EDT reply actions

or, not be constrained by the owner who demands playing field dimensions, etc. while providing all the ‘new’ things as well and expect it to play the exact same.

by Brick. on Apr 21, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions

On Sunday, StubHub.com listed $500 Legends Suites seats down the left-field line, in Section 27B, row 8, for $225 each Monday night, and $850 Legends Suite seats behind the Yankees dugout, in Section 16, row 9, for $275 apiece. Field level seats in Section 117B , row 15 that originally sold for $325 each were available for $114 apiece.

The free market wins again!

by Toxicadam on Apr 21, 2009 4:39 AM EDT reply actions

There are no winners here. Only jackasses.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Apr 21, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

Guys, seriously. I’m getting ads for Yankees tickets on the front page. That’s not acceptable.

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Apr 21, 2009 11:22 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Westbrook, dude, this talk is already going on elsewhere, and it looks like you quote almost the whole article.

by jhon on Apr 21, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions

I looked in a few other threads and didn’t see anything regarding professionals admitting there was a problem. And this is less than a quarter of the whole article… if that’s a problem, I’ll shorten it more.

Ben Francisco: An Outfielder only on baseball cards and roster sheets.

by westbrook on Apr 21, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions

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by Roger Dorn on Apr 21, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Ads in a vacuum I don’t mind. I’m not paying to read and comment on this site, after all; I’m perfectly willing to put eyeballs on the ads to keep it that way. I’m just ready to move on to the Royals and Twins for a while. This site is my escape from the Jackasses.

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Apr 21, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs

Rec for moving on.
We’ll see these jerks again at the Prog in May… in the meantime it might be good for the Tribe to, you know, win some games.

by still ill on Apr 21, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Settling the bullpen, getting some quality starts, and creeping within a series of .500 would be a great start.

by JulioBernazard on Apr 21, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

And a lot of other stuff we shouldda done in Spring Training.

Resident LGT results-oriented boob.

by mauichuck on Apr 21, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Speaking of which, Bannister’s pitching against us tomorrow.

Ben Francisco: An Outfielder only on baseball cards and roster sheets.

by westbrook on Apr 21, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions

If the ads are contextual based on site content, the more we talk about the Forces of Evil and Darkness in the Baseball Universe, the more we get ads relating to the Forces of Evil and Darkness in the Baseball Universe. When we move on, the ads move on.

It’s time to move on.

Pronk Needs You

by woodsmeister on Apr 21, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

A thousand times, yes. I was going to post that in this thread if no one else had.

by NickFantana on Apr 21, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions

This definitely deserves a rec. The more we discuss the Yankees, the better off they are.

by Joe. on Apr 21, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Let’s not get crazy here. We’re talking about pennies.

The discussion of the Yankees and their new stadium has been appropriately topical, in my view. Once the next series has actually started — an hour from now — no doubt it will die down.

We play another four-game set against them at the Jake at the end of May, and that’s it until October. So let’s not fall all to pieces here — this too shall pass.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Apr 21, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

and that’s it until October.

They aren’t going to make the playoffs.

by NickFantana on Apr 21, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

While I was at the game on Saturday, there was a bit of discussion on this. Although it sounds far-fetched, what else could it be? The dimensions of the stadium are the same.

by Joe. on Apr 21, 2009 2:49 PM EDT reply actions