There were EIGHT more home runs at New Yankee Stadium today bringing the total to 25 home runs in 43 innings (if my math is right, adding 8 to yesterday’s LoHud story) including the exhibition games.
That doesn’t count all the balls that are rocketing out to the outfield.
Is this a design flaw? It’s only April and the ball can’t stay in the park. What will happen when it’s 90 and humid?
There’s no easy fix either…there isn’t much room behind the plate to move the infield back, and the design of the new stadium has bleachers and right field up against the femce. Besides, when the ball is landing in the second deck in right field, there isn’t much you can do.
For those of you wondering, 22 runs was the most ever given up at the New Yankee Stadium (and ties the record for any of the Yankees homes) and the 14 run second was the most the franchise had ever given up in one inning.
When any fly ball has a chance of being a three run homer, the game becomes much more about luck than skill.
How you guys enjoying this new stadium?
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this little flaw is going to compound upon the weak pitching staff that the yankees posses which is going to suck later on in the season when pitchers are tired
I’m a Pirates fan, so I can be neutral here (I know, I know, take pity on me—the Bucs haven’t had a winning season since Bonilla played for us). Anyway, I think something was overlooked with the design of the new Yankee Stadium. There’s no other good explanation for a barrage of HRs in April. It’ll only get worse. And actually, in future seasons, this might impact the Yankees ability to sign premier free agent pitchers, who won’t want their stats destroyed pitching in a stadium where a Little League player could reach the upper deck fungo style.
Angelo–Cards fan here so also neutral, but do you think something was overlooked, or did the Yankees have a desire to help big dollar contract players live up to the hype and acheive the home run numbers the fans want?
If it's a wind tunnel, as many are suggesting, they can fix it with a temporary blocking structure in the upper level behind home plate (third base side). That's cheap and easy, and we'll know the impact within a month or so. If THAT doesn't work, they can do something more radical in the offseason, like build a Blue Monster in right.
They NEED to do this or everyone from draft picks to free agent pitchers will start to shun the team. Nobody wants a 6.20 ERA, because that will cost them a fortune on their NEXT contract.
What happened, morons?!?!