actually…per hittrackeronline.com that ball would’ve only gone out in 9 parks, which is significantly less than 30.

I don’t really see how that changes anything.

what’s the matter, sweetie?

Maybe the “tomahawk chop” has something to do with it. I’ve been to pow wows and I’ve never seen any Native Americans running around doing this.

Define “race”.

And what HappyHuman said.

Meech is an idiot…and he purposely aims his lowbrow sense of humor at the worst elements of Philadelphia sports fandom. That’s his (and his blog’s) schtick. It is clearly hit or miss, and more often than not, it is miss for me.

Citizens Bank Park:
Left field- 329 ft (100m)
Left center- 374 (114m)
The “Angle” (left of CF to LCF) – 409 feet (125 m) – 381 feet (116 m) – 387 feet (118 m)
Center field: 401 ft (122m)
Right center: 369 (112m)
Right field: 330m (101m)

Turner Field:
Left Field – 335 ft (102 m)
Left-Center – 380 ft (116 m)
Center Field – 401 ft (122 m)
Right-Center – 390 ft (119 m)
Right Field – 330 ft (100.5 m)

So, if Citizens Bank Park is a high school field? What does that make Turner Field?

Because I actually like McCann as a player and thought he would be the last one to whine.

If you think we should shut up, as a Braves fan don’t you think it is high time your team shut up and dealt with the fact that they have to play there? I mean, complaining about the park isn’t going to change it. They have to play there regardless of how they feel about it and to keep harping on it is completely pointless and makes them look weak. Obviously, it is a hitters’ park, but your hitters should be excited to play there if it is the hitters’ park they make it out to be, rather than complaining about the Phillies taking advantage of it. I would have expected this from Failcouer, but McCann seems like the kind of guy who just goes out and plays so it is surprising to hear him do this when he had the same opportunity to hit there that Howard did.

One, the two teams are always playing on the same field. In Atlanta, the whine du jour was that Turner Field was too big. (“We’d have had four or five home runs playing in their park.”) Here, it’s that CBP is too small. Good teams win wherever they play.

Which brings me to point #2: the Phillies are 41-23 in away games this season, by far the best road record in baseball.

Hilarious.

The ballpark is obviously inside their heads and has been since its inception. Smoltz used to complain about it ad naseum. They are defeated before the game even starts sometimes.

I see the same thing happening with the new Yankee Stadium.

Braves fans/teams/etc. can complain all they want, but the Phils built a park that serves to their strengths. It is not a hitter’s paradise, but it is a homerun park. However, it is possible to pitch well there. You just can’t make a lot of mistakes.

We weren’t the ones who brought up the “class” argument—that was another Braves’ fan. Personally, the class thing is tired. These are athletes, not scientists curing cancer. I’m sure if you met 100 of these guys in person, you’d come away thinking 95% of them were a-holes.

Deion should have left that chop at Florida State. It’s not quite as bad as cowbells at an MLB game, but it’s pretty close to that nails on a chalkboard level.