Tigeraholic1 Posted September 4 Posted September 4 Petco Park - San Diego, CA Game Time Forecast: 77 Sunny Listen: 97.1 The Ticket Watch: Bally Sports Det Starters: RHP Keider Montero RHP Yu Darvish Quote
IdahoBert Posted September 4 Posted September 4 When I started to playfully type, “we are unleashing Montero on the Padres tonight,” my iPhone autocorrected it to “monsters.“ This is one of those times where I hope the soulless object I hold in my hand is correct. I hope they play in a way that makes up for that first loss in the series. 1 Quote
casimir Posted September 4 Posted September 4 5 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said: That place looks gorgeous. Up there with Pittsburgh? I'm a sucker for incorporating history with a ballpark. The metal supply company building as the left field foul line. The warehouse in Baltimore. The rooftop bleachers outside of Wrigley (way to kill that charm). I kind of wish Detroit would bring the flagpole back into play as it had been before the fences were moved and as it was at Tiger Stadium, but I acknowledge that additional outfield obstacles are the last thing Riley Greene needs 1 Quote
casimir Posted September 4 Posted September 4 27 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said: They will win tonight. I like your style. 2 Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted September 4 Author Posted September 4 13 minutes ago, casimir said: That place looks gorgeous. Up there with Pittsburgh? I'm a sucker for incorporating history with a ballpark. The metal supply company building as the left field foul line. The warehouse in Baltimore. The rooftop bleachers outside of Wrigley (way to kill that charm). I kind of wish Detroit would bring the flagpole back into play as it had been before the fences were moved and as it was at Tiger Stadium, but I acknowledge that additional outfield obstacles are the last thing Riley Greene needs We have the whales at least...... 1 Quote
oblong Posted September 4 Posted September 4 I've been outside of Petco field. Last year we went to SD for vacation and went downtown one night for dinner. They have a "Gaslamp" district with cool restaurants and shops. There was a concert going on and they had streets blocked off for the trucks so I couldn't get too close. San Diego was perfect. Everything was 20 minutes away. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted September 4 Posted September 4 19 minutes ago, oblong said: I've been outside of Petco field. Last year we went to SD for vacation and went downtown one night for dinner. They have a "Gaslamp" district with cool restaurants and shops. There was a concert going on and they had streets blocked off for the trucks so I couldn't get too close. San Diego was perfect. Everything was 20 minutes away. My company used to have late summer meetings in San Diego and it was so strange to leave Boise Idaho, where it was 100° in August and come to San Diego where it was foggy in the morning and 72° when it heated up. I never remembered to bring a jacket even though I needed one. Simply because I was used to hot weather and it felt so cold. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted September 4 Posted September 4 I went to a game there about 10 years ago. It is a nice ballpark, I had good views from left/center field, upper deck. Not a large crowd for a weeknight game against the Brewers. This was my view, my wife was at an event in the in the building behind the billboards. We signaled each other with our phones. 1 Quote
chasfh Posted September 4 Posted September 4 (edited) 1 hour ago, casimir said: That place looks gorgeous. Up there with Pittsburgh? I'm a sucker for incorporating history with a ballpark. The metal supply company building as the left field foul line. The warehouse in Baltimore. The offices of the Orioles are in the warehouse. I lived in Balto for almost a year and worked at Doner advertising out there, and I was at the Orioles' offices for a presentation. I couldn't help staring out the window at the field, even though it was January. My boss had to bark my name out, in front of the client, to snap me out of my reverie. Quite embarrassing. I was laid off a few weeks later, on, of all dates, February 29. Edited September 4 by chasfh Quote
SoCalTiger Posted September 4 Posted September 4 2 hours ago, chasfh said: The offices of the Orioles are in the warehouse. I lived in Balto for almost a year and worked at Doner advertising out there, and I was at the Orioles' offices for a presentation. I couldn't help staring out the window at the field, even though it was January. My boss had to bark my name out, in front of the client, to snap me out of my reverie. Quite embarrassing. I was laid off a few weeks later, on, of all dates, February 29. Been to Camden many times and Memorial Park as well. Lived there for about 9 years when the parks changed. Great ballpark. We often go to San Diego for weekends since we moved West and Petco is indeed cool but I prefer the bricks of Camden. And Boog's BBQ 😉 Quote
IdahoBert Posted September 5 Posted September 5 It’s 82°, which is a heat wave in SD and there is no rain in the forecast. Although this game begins indecently late this is about as good as you can get. 61% humidity. Does humidity help the ball travel or does it slow it down? Quote
gehringer_2 Posted September 5 Posted September 5 (edited) 1 hour ago, IdahoBert said: It’s 82°, which is a heat wave in SD and there is no rain in the forecast. Although this game begins indecently late this is about as good as you can get. 61% humidity. Does humidity help the ball travel or does it slow it down? Water vapor is less dense than air, the density of air goes down as it gets more humid (and of course as it get warmer) and so the aerodynamic resistance also goes down. Humid air "feels heavy" but that's just a perceptual misdirection. However the larger effect is probably on the ball, and a damper ball is heavier and generally less elastic - so in desert climates the balls are now all stored in a humidor to keep them from drying out and getting too lively. If you assume the humidor is keeping the balls uniform (probably a lousy assumption!) then you can say more humidity in the air at the park helps the ball travel. Edited September 5 by gehringer_2 1 Quote
Jim Cowan Posted September 5 Posted September 5 7 hours ago, IdahoBert said: My company used to have late summer meetings in San Diego and it was so strange to leave Boise Idaho, where it was 100° in August and come to San Diego where it was foggy in the morning and 72° when it heated up. I never remembered to bring a jacket even though I needed one. Simply because I was used to hot weather and it felt so cold. A pensioner who used to work here in Hamilton moved to San Diego and would call me a couple of times a year. I would always say "Hey Bob what's the temperature?" and he would say "75". 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted September 5 Posted September 5 Dillon Dingler grounds out, shortstop Mason McCoy to first baseman Jake Cronenworth. Spencer Torkelson scores. Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted September 5 Author Posted September 5 2 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Dillon Dingler grounds out, shortstop Mason McCoy to first baseman Jake Cronenworth. Spencer Torkelson scores. For a kid struggling something to hang his hat on. 1 Quote
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