According to a report in the New York Daily News today, the Mets organization is lowering the wall in front of the Home Run Apple at Citi Field.
The padded wall in front of the famous feature from Shea Stadium will be 8 feet shorter. The padding had been 16 feet tall in front of the apple, presumably to help product its side.
All of the other dimensions of the ballpark will remain the same for now. Lowering this portion isn’t likely to help increase the number of home runs hit out of the park by a whole lot. I’d be surprised if five home runs were hit in that specific location. What do you think?
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I like it. I doubt it will lead to many extra home runs, but maybe we’ll see one or two exciting attempts to rob a home run over the course of the season.
Won’t make ant appreciable difference in HRs …David W’s power is RS….
I like it only because that area of the fence looked absolutely stupid. I don’t mind the rest of the part but it really looked crazy when the wall goes straight up 8 feet, across for 10 – 15 and then right down 8 feet.
In another Citi Field area getting redesign, I’m hoping they put room for a players bench in front of realign bullpens. This would allow them to put in a low wall there, similar to Boston low bullpen wall. Of course, the bullpen behind the bench would be screen off.
Smaller? Its not getting any smaller. They are lowering the height of the wall, they are not bringing it closer to home plate. Anyway, who cares the mets are going to have to hit singles the other way as long as they have the worst manager in the world running the show.