Oracle Park Renovation

[SFGRTB]

So the Giants are officially moving the bullpens to CF and it will take into affect next year. Finally.

Giants announce Oracle Park changes with new dimensions

Here's the concept art:

And the new dimensions of the park are modest, but cozier:

 

[LHG]

Saw this on Facebook. Glad to see the move.

 

[SFGRTB]

Saw this on Facebook. Glad to see the move.

Really doesn't seems all that complicated, which makes me wonder what took so damn long.

 

[calsnowskier]

Really doesn't seems all that complicated, which makes me wonder what took so damn long.

Larry was NEVER going to admit that the on-field pens were a result of a bone-headed oversight. He had to stay with the cover story that it was a personality feature of the park. He dug himself in too deep to ever be able to be the one to fix it.

 

[pachyderm]

great!

 

[BeerMe]

Some family members of mine have season tickets a few rows up from the visitor’s bullpen mound down the first base line. I’ll never forget when I was younger I went to see the Giants play the Braves and a slightly husky Mike Remlinger was warming up. Fans were being assholes and making fun of his weight. After about five minutes of fat jokes, a fan goes “Hey Mike, where’s your ab roller?”. Mike totally lost his shit. He B-lined to the padded wall separating the field from the stands and replied “why don’t you go ask your fucking mom!”. Mike got red. The crowd started laughing and doubled down on the jokes. I’m gonna miss those days...

 

[calsnowskier]

Some family members of mine have season tickets a few rows up from the visitor’s bullpen mound down the first base line. I’ll never forget when I was younger I went to see the Giants play the Braves and a slightly husky Mike Remlinger was warming up. Fans were being assholes and making fun of his weight. After about five minutes of fat jokes, a fan goes “Hey Mike, where’s your ab roller?”. Mike totally lost his shit. He B-lined to the padded wall separating the field from the stands and replied “why don’t you go ask your fucking mom!”. Mike got red. The crowd started laughing and doubled down on the jokes. I’m gonna miss those days...

Dude, that’s so wrong.


Hilarious...


But wrong.

 

[Mays-Fan]

Still need to do something about right field. We will never see another Barry Bonds.

Good start, though.

 

[SFGRTB]

Larry was NEVER going to admit that the on-field pens were a result of a bone-headed oversight. He had to stay with the cover story that it was a personality feature of the park. He dug himself in too deep to ever be able to be the one to fix it.

This makes too much sense, unfortunately.

 

[pachyderm]

Some family members of mine have season tickets a few rows up from the visitor’s bullpen mound down the first base line. I’ll never forget when I was younger I went to see the Giants play the Braves and a slightly husky Mike Remlinger was warming up. Fans were being assholes and making fun of his weight. After about five minutes of fat jokes, a fan goes “Hey Mike, where’s your ab roller?”. Mike totally lost his shit. He B-lined to the padded wall separating the field from the stands and replied “why don’t you go ask your fucking mom!”. Mike got red. The crowd started laughing and doubled down on the jokes. I’m gonna miss those days...

Did he ever find his ab roller...?

 

[pachyderm]

Some family members of mine have season tickets a few rows up from the visitor’s bullpen mound down the first base line. I’ll never forget when I was younger I went to see the Giants play the Braves and a slightly husky Mike Remlinger was warming up. Fans were being assholes and making fun of his weight. After about five minutes of fat jokes, a fan goes “Hey Mike, where’s your ab roller?”. Mike totally lost his shit. He B-lined to the padded wall separating the field from the stands and replied “why don’t you go ask your fucking mom!”. Mike got red. The crowd started laughing and doubled down on the jokes. I’m gonna miss those days...

Did he ever find his ab roller...?

 

[MarcoPolo]

Did the Giants forget about the bullpens when building AT&T Park?

 

[calsnowskier]

Did the Giants forget about the bullpens when building AT&T Park?

So...

The Giants said it wasn’t a mistake. Ergo, it wasn’t a mistake.

Gotcha.

Spoiler

It was a mistake

 

[stanford the manford]

i'm fine with the old dimensions, but won't miss cringing whenever a foul ball lead a player to the warm up mound. surprised the players union hadn't forced this issue earlier

 

[MarcoPolo]

So...

The Giants said it wasn’t a mistake. Ergo, it wasn’t a mistake.

Gotcha.

No, the article listed other quite believable points - you should actually read it.

Myself, I wasn't surprised by the pens on the field, I remember them that way at the 'stick (maybe you're just too young).

 

[calsnowskier]

No, the article listed other quite believable points - you should actually read it.

Myself, I wasn't surprised by the pens on the field, I remember them that way at the 'stick (maybe you're just too young).

I did read the article. It was bs. It said the Giants said it was planned, therefore, it must have been planned.

And I am not too young to remember the ‘Stick. I think sfgrtb is the only reg here who qualifies for that honor.

 

[MarcoPolo]

No, the article listed other quite believable points.

 

[stanford the manford]

FYI... walked by the cove side. the old cf kale garden is gone and demo of the outfield areas is in full swing. lots of concrete rubble

 

[pachyderm]

...now with the new bullpens?

 

[SFGRTB]

Oracle Park Renovation