Re: If I owned the Devil Rays...

On 11/29/03 10:48 AM, in article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
"Terrell Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> "James Withrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>> but it would be even easier to get a triple (which I think is the most
>> exciting play in baseball).
> 
> nah, a triple is almost always just a double + fielding error
> 
> most exciting play in baseball: squeeze bunt or scoring from second on a
> line drive to the outfield with a close play at teh plate.

Terrell, you are so wrong.

In the first place, technically speaking, a double plus a fielding error is
not a triple; it's a double and an error.

Even so, there are some ballparks where any ball hit down the RF foul line
that reaches the wall is a triple for a hitter with reasonable speed.

If you go back and look at the dimensions I was suggesting for Tampa Bay's
stadium-- which you snipped-- I think you'd agree that any ball that gets
past the right fielder has a good chance of being a triple.  If the outfield
wall is 355-380-420-430-415-390-350 from home plate, some balls hit into
center and left are going to be triples, too.

You're right about the squeeze bunt being an exciting play and in a ballpark
where you're expecting a low-scoring game, a squeeze bunt becomes a more
worthwhile play, which is what I'm trying to get with these outfield
dimensions.

       Withrow