Astros stealing smokes signs as we speak!
per Twitter responses, Lol.....
Sad deal tho in all seriousness
When was our offense ever on fire?
Maybe Globe Life Field burning before they played a game was an omen of its unappealing darkness. On TV, it appears dark and cavernous everywhere and the backstop is four suites with tables and a few scattered people backed by black holes. Suites should not be the primary view we have to look at all game, keep them up and away from the eyes of the more common man. The park is structurally cluttered and yet has nothing attractive to the eye, or maybe in its darkness I can’t find anything of interest. The exterior appears generic ugly too.
It has ARTIFICIAL TURF that still looks like carpet—what the.... A press box view makes me think I am looking in on a Tampa game at Tropicana.
Bad enough that the Astros got moved to the west coast American League division with its late night games and long travel, but now the regional rival Rangers’ ballpark offers nothing appealing, sheesh.
1.1 billion dollars
It is an awful stadium. I would wager it will have a shorter life than The Ballpark as cray cray as that sounds. Looks like someone designed the thing on Revit/AutoCAD from the early 00's. The saving grace is the development(s) around it.Maybe Globe Life Field burning before they played a game was an omen of its unappealing darkness. On TV, it appears dark and cavernous everywhere and the backstop is four suites with tables and a few scattered people backed by black holes. Suites should not be the primary view we have to look at all game—keep them up and away from the eyes of the more common man. The park is structurally cluttered and yet has nothing attractive to the eye, or maybe in its darkness I can’t find anything of interest. The exterior appears generic ugly too.
It has ARTIFICIAL TURF that still looks like carpet—what the.... A press box view makes me think I am looking in on a Tampa game at Tropicana.
Bad enough that the Astros got moved to the west coast American League division with its late night games and long travel, but now the regional rival Rangers’ ballpark offers nothing appealing, sheesh.
1.1 billion dollars
Maybe Globe Life Field burning before they played a game was an omen of its unappealing darkness. On TV, it appears dark and cavernous everywhere and the backstop is four suites with tables and a few scattered people backed by black holes. Suites should not be the primary view we have to look at all game—keep them up and away from the eyes of the more common man. The park is structurally cluttered and yet has nothing attractive to the eye, or maybe in its darkness I can’t find anything of interest. The exterior appears generic ugly too.
It has ARTIFICIAL TURF that still looks like carpet—what the.... A press box view makes me think I am looking in on a Tampa game at Tropicana.
Bad enough that the Astros got moved to the west coast American League division with its late night games and long travel, but now the regional rival Rangers’ ballpark offers nothing appealing, sheesh.
1.1 billion dollars
The original design for the Chiefs and Royals stadiums had a huge rolling arched roof that was supposed move on railroad tracks. I imagine that would not have done much for the heat, but the sun issue would be solved.They could/should have put a roof on the Ballpark for less than $1 billion. That place will be beautiful as long as it's allowed to stand. The disfigured baseball barn caddy corner from it should be razed as a sunk cost. I disagree with those lauding the interior. Nothing about it seems nuanced and representative of baseball except for the distances to the outfield wall. I went in with an open mind, but left thoroughly unimpressed and disappointed. Every time I go back I'm less impressed.
I'll never be convinced something like that couldn't have been engineered for the Ballpark without taking away from its natural beauty. The steeples are a great feature, but those could be added to a retracting roof. And all of the open spaces on the outside could be filled in with glass to close off hot air enabling the place to be climate controlled.The original design for the Chiefs and Royals stadiums had a huge rolling arched roof that was supposed move on railroad tracks. I imagine that would not have done much for the heat, but the sun issue would be solved.
Only way I can think to do that is build an uglier one.Ugliest ballpark in America. Change my mind.
What if we painted Globe Life in all Baylor colors with a big Sic ‘em on the roof?Only way I can think to do that is build an uglier one.
Ugliest ballpark in America. Change my mind.