They should’ve played on the movie fieldThe game is unlikely to be anywhere near as good as the movie, and I’m a Yankee fan. Agree with you on the baseball movies although Major League and Bull Durham are fun, not to forget Bad News Bears and 42.
They're already well on their way by making it a yearly thingVery, very cool idea. The field looks amazing. This reminds me of the first Winter Classic that the NHL did with the Pens and Buffalo where, even though the ice was awful, the scenes with the snow falling were just incredible. Hopefully MLB doesn’t run this idea into the ground like the NHL has
They should’ve played on the movie field
Yeah, that’s a mistake. Much like the Williamsport game during the LLWS, the small venue niche games are cool but they have a shelf life. If you wanted to do this every 5 years or so, then I can get on board but it will lose its luster by doing it every yearThey're already well on their way by making it a yearly thing
So, I haven't been following this closely, and my next comment will verify that statement.
They aren't playing on the field from Field of Dreams??
I assumed they would have to put up a fence, improve the lighting and stuff for safety, but I had just assumed they were using the real field.
Good lawd. Now I'm definitely not interested.
I would love to see professional baseball players get bad hops 70% of the time on ground balls.They built a field next to it rather than using it. It's MLB regulation field. Which stinks, I wanted to see a generic chain link fence holding back a Stanton foul ball, a capacity of 34 fans with no netting there, etc
They built a field next to it rather than using it. It's MLB regulation field. Which stinks, I wanted to see a generic chain link fence holding back a Stanton foul ball, a capacity of 34 fans with no netting there, etc
I would love to see professional baseball players get bad hops 70% of the time on ground balls.
Wouldn’t you rather it be Stanton ?If Aaron Judge doesn't walk off the field and magically transform into a doctor in order to save the life of a spectator, and then never play baseball again, I will be very disappointed!
My 2 favorite baseball movies are this and The Natural.
I had the same thought initially, but in seeing the photo the owners probably want to keep the original field intact for the tourist value.I definitely get the need to upgrade the movie field to MLB standards. That's a no brainer. I just figured they would use the movie field as the starting point. At a minimum use the original home plate and go from there. Unless you are the designers of Dunkin Donuts stadium, it's pretty easy to figure out all the dimensions from home plate.
And yes, having a fence with nothing but corn behind it would be awesome. Don't think you could do chain link whatever works.
I had the same thought initially, but in seeing the photo the owners probably want to keep the original field intact for the tourist value.
Now they’ve got the original and an MLB ready field they can use for numerous events
Wouldn’t you rather it be Stanton ?
If they used dead-ball era balls, it might've worked...You have to realize the movie site is around 280ft down the lines and 330ft to center. This was never an option.
Is there any doubt that Kevin Costner’s throwing out the first pitch. He just swore on the fox pre game btw lol.