On Apr 20, 4:15=A0pm, ScottW <Scott...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 19, 7:10=A0pm, Seapig <sea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 19, 4:43=A0pm, "ScottW" <Scott...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "Seapig" <sea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Apr 18, 9:39 pm, Chris <> wrote:
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> > > :I'd
> > > :rather see them build a good team - one that can play anywhere.
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> > > :jury is still out on whether this team fits that description.
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> > > Do you think we should start with a team that can play at home
> > > first.....and then worry about anywhere else?
> > > Just a thought.
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> > I don't know why they would put one consideration ahead of the other.
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> Simply because half your games are played in that one park.
> Tayloring a team that can play everywhere sounds great,
> but cheap-ass Moores struggles to payroll a team that
> can play at home, let alone anywhere.
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> So given the fact that the Pads are payroll crippled and will
> never dominate everywhere, they should at least strive to
> be competitive at home and accept that at some road
> parks that will be to their disadvantage while at some others
> it won't.
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> > I don't see the point in custom building a team for Petco,
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> =A0Cuz we play there a factor of at least 9 times more than
> any other park. =A0Is it really that complicated to comprehend?
That's why you don't tailor it for any other park either. "9 times
more than any other park" still only adds up to half the games.
I'm not saying to ignore it altogether; if you're looking at two
players of similar ability, sure, go with the one who best fits your
park. I just think it's silly to prefer an inferior player who has
"Petco skills", when he's just going to be an inferior player when you
go out on the road.
> > if the
> > advantage gained in half the games is offset by a disadvantage in the
> > other half.
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> =A0Why would you act like all the road parks are the same and
> all would put a Petco team at a disadvantage?
> Fact is that all the road parks are different, and the Pads play at
> most 9 road games in any opponents park as opposed to 80+
> at Petco.
Road parks are different, but one thing they have in common is that
none of them are Petco. Petco is an extreme pitchers' park - some
places are less different than it than others, but there's not really
any place like it.
Whitey Herzog got a lot of credit for tailoring his Cardinals teams to
his park in the eighties - a fast team for a big, symmetrical,
artificial turf stadium. But half the stadiums in the league fit that
description back then, so he could play Whiteyball in a lot of
places. You can't really do that with Petcoball.
> If your home park puts you at a disadvantage, no road park
> advantage is gonna come close to overcoming that.
They won more games on the road than at home in 2006; it didn't keep
them from winning the division. The biggest home field advantage
they've had since moving to Petco was in 2005, when they won ten more
games at home than they did on the road. That was the year they had
their worst overall record.
> >=A0If you've got guys who can play anywhere, well, Petco is
> > part of anywhere.
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> Lol....exactly when do you expect John "tightwad" Moores
> to fork up for players of that caliber?
That tightwad has put a team on the field that has finished above .500
every season since they moved to Petco Park. If the players haven't
been well-suited to their home park, and they aren't guys who can play
anywhere, then where have they been winning all those games?
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