7 Replies to “You tweak Citi Field (part 2)”

  1. Way cool.
    one problem..if trhe mets do not improve the pitching,it’s more home runs for the visiting team. 🙂

  2. Last I checked, both the home and road team play on the same field in any given game.

    The Mets have one of the great pitcher’s parks in the majors. It’s a perfect place to build a team around pitching. Why get rid of that advantage?

  3. I went with the simplest approach.

    As for the home field (dis)advantage, Mets are 31-44 at home and 43-38 on the road.

    1. Actually, the Mets are 119-118 at home (Citi) and 104-139 on the road. Please explain to me this mythical home field “disadvantage”?

  4. The Mets have had a clear disadvantage at home, but it’s not the ballpark.

    It’s that the Mets have been run by a front office that first announced their intention to build a ballpark that would be a real pitcher’s park — then they went out and built a team around offense with just a lackluster pitching rotation.

    Top level pitchers should be falling over themselves for the opportunity to pitch regularly in a pitcher’s park like Citi Field. The Mets should have taken advantage of that, going for an offense built around small ball (caring less about the distance to the walls) to go with a top level pitching staff.

    Instead, Jeff Wilpon and Omar Minaya fell in love with the idea that fans enjoy home runs more than they enjoy winning teams…

  5. You know why it’s a homefield disadvantage? Because you have guys like Wright and Bay who have been psyched out by the dimensions and are constantly tinkering with their swings to play here. No one will come here to play, and say what you want about building your team to the park, but they still play 81 road games. No matter how the park plays, you need a balanced team.

    1. Bravo Tom…I think you nailed it. Pridie’s shot tonight would have been a HR at Shea.

      FWIW, I was at the nightcap against the Phillies. It’s one thing to see an empty stadium on TV…in person it is very depressing. I started a conversation with a staff member at the game. He told me they are going to add a wall in front of the Great Wall and have seats behind it.

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