The overall shame of this is that The Alamodome is outdated and there is truly no team that is willing to commit to playing there. This stadium like the LA Coliseum was built for other sports making baseball an ill money grubbing fit making the sport a novelty act. 280 down the right field line? 307 to the right field power alley, brings up shades of Ebbets Field. They might as well just have a home run derby instead.
Alamodome - San Antonio, TX
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This just seems like a gimmick to me. Logically, there's no reason to play baseball in a stadium that wasn't built for it.It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
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Its fun to have baseball in unique places for a meaningless game. And there is a new college football team that plays in the dome UTSA, so I think there is still life for the dome.The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.
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Originally posted by Mr. Laser Beam View PostThis just seems like a gimmick to me. Logically, there's no reason to play baseball in a stadium that wasn't built for it.
I remember an Atlanta Braves pre-season game at the Liberty Bowl in the early 70's where either the right or left-field fence was around 200 feet. The world survived
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Originally posted by PeteU View PostWonder if Richard Durrett ever heard of the LA Coliseum or Exhibition Stadium before?
And I'm also wondering how screwed up the foul lines will be, unless the Alamodome has retractable seats of which I'm not aware.
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^ It did.
However the recent Superdome renovations have, thankfully, eliminated the possibility of doing it again.It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
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Yeah if you go to the superdome thread there are pics of how you couldn't see all of the field from the upper decks.The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.
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Originally posted by Blue387 View PostI wonder if anyone here will be going to this game.
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Originally posted by Phantom Dreamer View Post305' to the right-center power alley. If this was a full-time MLB venue, a guy could realistically aim for a 100 homer season. The upcoming exhibitions should be the only 2 games it hosts.
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Haven't seen anything related to the upcoming exhibition series between the Rangers and Padres for a while. I am wondering if they're going to schedule a college or high school game here before the major league games if only to work out some of the kinks that will probably arise.Last edited by Phantom Dreamer; 03-08-2013, 02:40 PM.
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