6/30 Cubs (Lilly) @ Giant (Zito) 9:15 CT, CSN+

[Hall7810]

Lilly's been up three times already...not bad.

[inari]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

[17 Seconds]

I hope they show Aaron Rowand's batting stance from the side again.

[Brock]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

 

 

Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D

[Mizzou]

Lilly is dealing tonight.

[OleMissCub]

30 people in the AIM chat right now, good times.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

 

 

Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D

 

Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park.

[Butterscup1679666578]

30 people in the AIM chat right now, good times.

 

Hey I want an invite

[SouthSideRyan]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

 

 

Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D

 

Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park.

 

So Wrigley is a pitcher's heaven since it has the longest foul lines in the majors.

[inari]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

 

 

Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D

 

Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park.

 

Between the San Francisco weather, high walls, and some parts of the park that are very deep it is definitely not a pitchers park. It also neutralizes left handed home run power quite a bit.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

 

 

Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D

 

Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park.

 

So Wrigley is a pitcher's heaven since it has the longest foul lines in the majors.

 

Not at all, there's more factors than that. Long foul lines doesnt = pitchers park just like one big gap (gross) doesn't = pitchers park.

[Careless]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

 

 

Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D

 

Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park.

 

Between the San Francisco weather, high walls, and some parts of the park that are very deep it is definitely not a hitterspark. It also neutralizes left handed home run power quite a bit.

fixed, I think. And as a Cubs fan, I support stadiums that are rough on left handed power.

[SouthSideRyan]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

 

 

Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D

 

Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park.

 

So Wrigley is a pitcher's heaven since it has the longest foul lines in the majors.

 

Not at all, there's more factors than that. Long foul lines doesnt = pitchers park just like one big gap (gross) doesn't = pitchers park.

 

According to BR, It was a heavy pitcher's park for its first 3 years, and has been just about neutral ever since. Oakland leaned slightly to pitcher's during Zito's time there, but nothing extreme. Certainly nothing the AL/NL difference shouldn't have made up.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

 

 

Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D

 

Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park.

 

Between the San Francisco weather, high walls, and some parts of the park that are very deep it is definitely not a pitchers park. It also neutralizes left handed home run power quite a bit.

 

It's Park Factor for runs is at 1.025, just slightly below Fenway (1.051) and Coors (1.040). Compare that to McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, which is at 0.849, he was definitely going into a much, much more hitter friendly environment. Is AT&T Park the biggest hitter friendly park in the league? Obviously not, but it's definitely hitter friendly.

[chuckywang]

Lilly is dealing tonight.

 

Then again, it is the Giants.

[JonnyRed]

Who needs CC...we have Ted Lilly!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

AT&T had a runs park factor below 1 each of the previous 3 years.

[apete6]

Who needs CC...we have Ted Lilly!

 

Now all we need is for the Giants to be in the playoffs and world series and we might have Ted Lilly be MVP of those series!

[Hall7810]

Funny how CSN omitted Samardzija's BB total from their Minor League Report.

[carolinacubbie]

DeRo has looked good tonight.

[CoolHandLuke]

Hell yeah. Welcome back to the game of beisbol (hopefully), Cobs.

 

Man, what the hell happened to Barry Zeets? He was such a BA a few years ago.

 

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it.

 

lol wat

 

 

Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D

 

Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park.

 

Between the San Francisco weather, high walls, and some parts of the park that are very deep it is definitely not a pitchers park. It also neutralizes left handed home run power quite a bit.

 

It's Park Factor for runs is at 1.025, just slightly below Fenway (1.051) and Coors (1.040). Compare that to McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, which is at 0.849, he was definitely going into a much, much more hitter friendly environment. Is AT&T Park the biggest hitter friendly park in the league? Obviously not, but it's definitely hitter friendly.

 

The past three years AT&T park has been under 1. I think it's neutral at best.

[apete6]

Hey CSN, please stop showing the Cards fans. We get it, they are Edmonds fans and are in San Francisco. We can draw our own conclusions.

[carolinacubbie]

The immortal Jimmy Baseball, even when he hits into a tailor made double play, he finds away to end up on second.

[carolinacubbie]

Would you let Lilly bat?

[CoolHandLuke]

And from 2001 up until last year, AT&T has played as a pitcher's park every year except 2004.