Offense at the new Stadium

by Travis G on Aug 5, 2009 7:00 AM EDT in New York Yankees Analysis

All of a sudden you don't hear much about how easy it is to score runs at the new Yankee Stadium.

While it still has the highest homerun rate in baseball (allowing a whopping 39% more homers than an average park), it's only 13th in overall run scoring (tied with Angel Stadium).

And 13th is right about in line with the old Stadium:

From ESPN's Park Factor -

2008: 12th in scoring

'07: 16th

'06: 28th

'05: 1st

'04: 30th

'03: 19th

'02: 18th

'01: 33rd

If this list tells us anything (especially the fact that Yankee Stadium went from 30th to 1st to 28th in three years), it's that one year can't tell us how a ballpark will ultimately play.

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Foul space

A factor in how a park plays which hasn’t been discussed a lot is the amount of foul space. The simple logic is this, if there is a lot of foul space there will be more foul outs. So a big foul space is a pitcher friendly feature.
Large foul spaces are out of style and Yankee Stadium goes with that trend. The stands are so close that runners have trouble advancing on overthrows unless they get into the stands.
Another net pro offense feature that has nothing to do with wind or homers.

If I's known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself. Casey

by Cbeck3 on Aug 5, 2009 8:00 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

But

it’s still the disgrace of baszeballzzzzz

/Gammoned

by RollingWave on Aug 5, 2009 9:04 AM EDT reply actions

But

The disgrace of baseball is that 100 year old outhouse on Yawkey Way. When you dolts in beantown can attend a Stadium (not a dinky little archaic park), as magnificent as the Cathedral then maybe we can talk.

by Bronx1 on Aug 5, 2009 9:34 AM EDT reply actions

easy there chachi...

…i hate the sox as much as anyone, but i can’t say anything bad about fenway.

by NumberSeven on Aug 5, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions

I give credit to

the Red Sox for not knocking down Fenway and replacing it with a new stadium. There’s something to be said for tradition.

That said, I was at the new Yankee Stadium and I was very impressed with the layout, access to food, TV monitors, even silly things like cupholders (don’t laugh, the stadium seems cleaner now that cups aren’t getting knocked over, and most fans in my section took their garbage to the trash bins rather than leaving it under the seat like many used to).

by coops2001 on Aug 5, 2009 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Which tradition is that?

Being uncomfortable during the game? The annual health-department failures of the concessions? Getting wet on a sunny day in the right field grandstand? Not being able to get tickets without selling an organ? Not being able to see the whole field from the majority of the seats?

A lot is said about the tradition of Fenway, but the people who want to save it are a vocal minority. Most of the people up here would love a nice new ballpark. Keep the style. Keep the location. Keep the history. But add some seats, and modern conveniences, and comfort. It can be done, and it should have been done. But the Save Fenway crowd got their way.

by ivan256 on Aug 5, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Ok Fonz

you need to try harder then. The seats are too narrow, the rows are too long and the poles that block the views of the field are not “charming”. Plus most of the seats are filled with vitriolic Roid Sox fans who know more about clever insults than they do about baseball.

by Bronx1 on Aug 5, 2009 10:05 AM EDT reply actions

(I won't go to richie or joanie)

I’m just saying there’s something to be said for staying true your roots, if feasible. What you see as archaic, a LOT of people see as historic. If you want to talk about the fans- fine- but I think fenway’s a great living landmark of baseball. You are certainly entitled to your opinion.

That is to say nothing of the beautiful new Stadium, which I do like a lot.

by NumberSeven on Aug 5, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

I love the new yankee stadium...but...

I think they should move the RF wall back about 5-10 feet. Don’t raise it up 2 feet though…they’d have to alter the view of the stands to do that. But that wall is about 3 feet thick and there’s some wasted space there too….maybe 3 rows get removed.

Oh, and if they fix the wall, get rid of those too small/redundant scoreboards too. And pad those walls so our players to crush their heads on concrete!

by Ragnar808 on Aug 5, 2009 11:05 AM EDT reply actions