Is the Phillies pedal-to-the metal, high powered offense, defense be damned approach entertaining to watch or terrible to watch? Maybe it depends on whether you're a neutral observer of a Phillies fan.
Is the Phillies pedal-to-the metal, high powered offense, defense be damned approach entertaining to watch or terrible to watch? Maybe it depends on whether you're a neutral observer of a Phillies fan.
Both? The way baseball games are structured, it seems pretty clear they would be really entertaining for half an inning and then really terrible to watch for half an inning
They played at the Baker Bowl in North Philly which had a 60 ft. RF fence. To my knowledge nobody called it a monster, it was covered with a huge ad that said "The Phillies use Lifebouy Soap" and the fans would always add "and they still stink"
In 1930 the league OPS at the Baker Bowl was around 90 points higher than the 2nd best hitters' park, Wrigley Field.
That's roughly the same degree to which the league OPS at 1993 Mile High Stadium was higher than at the 2nd best hitters' park. (Also Wrigley Field - cool!)
(And with the humidor, the Denver effect is really tamped down - last season the OPS at Coors was virtually identical as at GABP or Rogers Centre.)
Is the Phillies pedal-to-the metal, high powered offense, defense be damned approach entertaining to watch or terrible to watch? Maybe it depends on whether you're a neutral observer of a Phillies fan.
Always fun to watch the Phillies Follies! Endless entertainment!
Both? The way baseball games are structured, it seems pretty clear they would be really entertaining for half an inning and then really terrible to watch for half an inning
2 Championships in 140 years of NL ball explains the Follies perfectly.
From 1918 through 1948, the Phillies had 1 (ONE!) season with a winning record.
The '32 Phillies went 78-76.
Of course, those 'winning' ways didn't stick - they then proceeded to fire off 13 seasons of finishing last or 2nd-to-last.
They played at the Baker Bowl in North Philly which had a 60 ft. RF fence. To my knowledge nobody called it a monster, it was covered with a huge ad that said "The Phillies use Lifebouy Soap" and the fans would always add "and they still stink"
In 1930 the league OPS at the Baker Bowl was around 90 points higher than the 2nd best hitters' park, Wrigley Field.
That's roughly the same degree to which the league OPS at 1993 Mile High Stadium was higher than at the 2nd best hitters' park. (Also Wrigley Field - cool!)
(And with the humidor, the Denver effect is really tamped down - last season the OPS at Coors was virtually identical as at GABP or Rogers Centre.)