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But why should the majority of field level seats be off-limits to those people? They're not, of course. The vast majority of field level seats have a minuscule risk of getting hit by a line drive hit into the stands no matter what your age, size, disability status, or other physical/mental characteristics are. Rare, but foreseeable. The acceptable number of children injured at baseball games is zero. There should be no kids who go to a game and get struck by line drives. There are any number of ways a child can get injured at a baseball game. Or if they're riding in a car. Or if they go to school. It's impossible to suggest that no one should ever be injured at at baseball game. People - yes, including children - are going to get injured from time to time. I guess you could put everyone behind plexiglass for the entire game; that might do the trick if you really think that no one should ever be struck by a line drive. I strongly disagree that netting is not a distraction or something that one gets used to after a few innings. I don't want to sound heartless but I find the sudden urge to have tons of extra protective netting to be a giant overreaction.

I had a problem with the verb tense. This is the end of the ninth season at the current New York ballparks. There are only 3 stadiums in the majors that are newer. The seats aren't getting closer; they've been in the same place for quite a while now. It's not a small sample size. There isn't some horrible pattern of people getting injured on a regular basis. Yes, there's a risk of having "regular" netting and no more. It's not an unacceptable risk, though. The extra netting is not needed, and calling it a "nobrainer" is, well, very misguided.

The netting is awful. Tragic incidents are just that...tragic. But also extremely rare. Seats aren't getting any closer to the field. And line drives being faster? Maybe? A little? Not substantially so. There are thousands of seats to sit in if one doesn't want to be in a spot where the ball will enter the stands. Put away your phone, pay attention, and mind your children if you want to sit there.

Nice! I think you're spot-on about Kauffman/Dodger Stadium - definetly KC underrated and LA overrated for similar parks.

Not since 2001 at least.

seawolf17 wrote: If the Rays were fighting for a playoff spot, they'd be within their rights to be upset about their competitors getting three bonus home games. They're 3.5 games out! Not exactly out of it.

Rays are in Boston this weekend. MFYs in Texas. Both teams scheduled to be at home when the series is over. They should be playing this in Cincinnati, not New York.

themetfairy wrote: I've been to all of the current stadia. D-Dad and I are now on maintenance and keeping up with the new ones. How would you rank them?

Still missing a few of the current ones, unfortunately. I'd rank them as follows: 1. PNC Park, Pittsburgh 2. Safeco Field, Seattle 3. Target Field, Minneapolis 4. Pac Bell Park, San Francisco 5. Minute Maid Park, Houston 6. Miller Park, Milwaukee 7. Comerica Park, Detroit 8. Camden Yards, Baltimore 9. Petco Park, San Diego 10. Citi Field, New York 11. Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia 12. Fenway Park, Boston 13. Nationals Park, Washington 14. Busch Stadium, St. Louis 15. Rangers Ballpark, Arlington 16. Wrigley Field, Chicago 17. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles 18. Kaufman Stadium, Kansas City 19. Bank One Ballpark, Phoenix 20. Comiskey Park, Chicago 21. Yankee Stadium, New York 22. Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati 23. Angel Stadium, Anaheim 24. SkyDome, Toronto 25. Oakland Coliseum, Oakland

Over the last 13 games, the Dodgers have gone 2-11 and Arizona has gone 13-0 (including 6 head-to-head wins). They've just picked up 10 games in the standings...10 more to go to force the Dodgers to the wild-card game.

Vic Sage wrote: What else ya got? Link at top is players who will be free agents at end of season. Who do you suggest?

The Mets don't need a rebuild. They need an injection of offense. This has been the team's biggest problem for what, the last 4 years or more? They've got exactly 2 proven major league hitters in the lineup for next year: Cespedes and Conforto. Maybe 3 if you want to count Cabrera or half of Wilmer Flores.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/league-info/potential-2018-free-agents/ Now that we've traded 25% of the roster, saved money this year, and have huge drops in obligations for next year, I'm ready to go shopping. From this list, I think we need the following to be serious about challenging the Washingtons and Los Angeles of the league: 1. Hosmer or Duda 2. Moustakas 3. Lucroy (or maybe Wieters, if his value drops because of his crappy year) 4. Darvish 5. Reliever I'm also factoring in that we save money on our manager by shifting David into that role. And he can player-manage if he ever gets healthy.

3 World Series homers. All at huge moments.

Curtis will go down as one of my all-time favorites. I'll never forget the leadoff homer in Game 5. And so much more. Just a great person.

Like the Payton homer off Rivera Ugh, what a crappy memory.

Walker was a better player for the Mets than Murphy was. Obviously Murphy had a many more seasons, but when actually playing for the Mets, Walker was what I always hoped Daniel Murphy would be: competent at fielding, consistent with hitting, some good power, and not prone to stupid errors in the field/on the basepaths. Walker was better when with the Mets. Sad to see him leave. A very solid player. A shame he wasn't healthy more.

Numerous homers, of course. But also the Instagram account, and in particular, the post of him with his parents after winning the pennant.

Which is why one never replaces their starting catcher in the 5th inning for no good reason!

It's like they never learn. All lefties to face Miller. No pinch runner for Molina. Managerial malpractice by Maddon by doing all of those stupid substitutions.

Damn it

I hear a Let's Go Mets chant there.

Would be great to pinch run with the winning run on first...oh, wait, the stupid substitutions preclude strategy late in the game when it matters most. Idiots.

I particularly like how he couldn't be bothered to ask Brad Mills if he ever considered that what fans really want is to see the best players for the whole game instead of the parade of substitutions. Still don't understand why it is some article of faith that everyone wants that.

Nah, still hate him. That's a stupid neck tattoo, too.