That one left a vapor trail
One leftover thought from the Wild Things' 22-7 loss Saturday night to Windy City:
I remarked to several people that the 10 home runs hit in that game was easily the most ever hit at Consol Energy Park. I feel safe stating that baseball can be played for another 50 years at the ballpark and there won't be a game in which wood bats - possibly even metal bats - are used that will include 10 home runs. There are several reasons: it's a big ballpark, deep in the gaps and in centerfield; the ball usually doesn't carry unless it's one of those hot, muggy nights that you get in southwestern Pennsylvania from mid-June to early August.
The latter reason is what made Saturday's longballfest so amazing. It was a comfortable night with little humidity. If anything, it was a night better suited for pitchers than hitters. Yet there were 10 home runs (not one of them the cheap variety, including one over the center field batter's eye). There also was at least two fly balls that were caught on the warning track and another missile of a shot that hit the wall in left centerfield.
I'm making a shirt-pocket note to myself to check back in 50 years and remind us all that Saturday's game is still the record for home runs at the ballpark. I plan on being around that long.
I remarked to several people that the 10 home runs hit in that game was easily the most ever hit at Consol Energy Park. I feel safe stating that baseball can be played for another 50 years at the ballpark and there won't be a game in which wood bats - possibly even metal bats - are used that will include 10 home runs. There are several reasons: it's a big ballpark, deep in the gaps and in centerfield; the ball usually doesn't carry unless it's one of those hot, muggy nights that you get in southwestern Pennsylvania from mid-June to early August.
The latter reason is what made Saturday's longballfest so amazing. It was a comfortable night with little humidity. If anything, it was a night better suited for pitchers than hitters. Yet there were 10 home runs (not one of them the cheap variety, including one over the center field batter's eye). There also was at least two fly balls that were caught on the warning track and another missile of a shot that hit the wall in left centerfield.
I'm making a shirt-pocket note to myself to check back in 50 years and remind us all that Saturday's game is still the record for home runs at the ballpark. I plan on being around that long.
posted by Chris Dugan at
10:58 AM
2 Comments:
This will probably be the record year for blown saves at CEP.
Maybe blown saves and homeruns are related. Bad pitching more than good hitters contributed to these records.
Looking at the Wild Things record book, B.J. Borsa has the record for 19 saves. It does not list the record for blown saves either by a pitcher or the team overall.
I am sure the team this year will establish a new record for both blown saves and fewest saves.
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