What 260’ looks like

[radness]

Hey now,...
no using the autmospheric river to hit home runs...

 

[_MIA_]

no using the autmospheric river to hit home runs...

 

[ANNASDAD]

I thought that college baseball slowed down the bats to protect the pitchers. The exit speed was getting so high that pitchers didn't have a chance.

Correct!

 

[wheresmycar]

You can talk about moving the fences back, but it is never going to happen... too many universities with nice, expensive stadiums, that do not have room for a 230' fence, let alone 250'. So, you are left with higher fences, deader bats, or un-juicing the ball.

Georgia Tech... squeezed into the Mid Town Atlanta campus... no room to move the fences... 190 corners/220 Centerfield. Back a couple of years ago, my 14yo DD put one off the centerfield fence at camp during BP.

Columbia University... talk about squeezed in....

Even Texas A&M, (A land grant institution) would have to relocate their nice stadium to move the fence back more than a few feet. 213' to the side walk in right field.

UCLA could maybe move the corners out to 220 before they hit Sunset Blvd.

 

[schwabach]

Do we really have a problem with too many home runs or is it just the old fogeys reacting to a changing world?

 

[_MIA_]

Do we really have a problem with too many home runs or is it just the old fogeys reacting to a changing world?

I don't have a problem with the numbers, just the quality of many of them.

 

[ANNASDAD]

Our HS field is 206' all the way around, Anna's college is 200' in the corners and 220' in dead center. At the college level 220' / 225' is the is the right distance I think, if a hitter is hitting them that distance they need to be rewarded! But I do know that 190' is a check swing for some girls!

 

[_MIA_]

You can talk about moving the fences back, but it is never going to happen... too many universities with nice, expensive stadiums, that do not have room for a 230' fence, let alone 250'. So, you are left with higher fences, deader bats, or un-juicing the ball.

Georgia Tech... squeezed into the Mid Town Atlanta campus... no room to move the fences... 190 corners/220 Centerfield. Back a couple of years ago, my 14yo DD put one off the centerfield fence at camp during BP.
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Columbia University... talk about squeezed in....
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Even Texas A&M, (A land grant institution) would have to relocate their nice stadium to move the fence back more than a few feet. 213' to the side walk in right field.
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UCLA could maybe move the corners out to 220 before they hit Sunset Blvd.
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Dude I live in a Ivory tower world..don't bore me with reality.

 

[schwabach]

More home runs mean higher exit speeds mean more danger to pitchers means the solution is to deaden the bats a bit.

 

[ANNASDAD]

More home runs mean higher exit speeds mean more danger to pitchers means the solution is to deaden the bats a bit.

The answer is two masks now!