#shotsfriday Stadiums 4

#ShotsFriday: Stadiums 

               Looks like the rich got richer this past week.  @Tomwyliehart had two picks and to make up for lost time both of them went deep. That extends his lead from 4 to 6 homers. That is the first shot for both Dunn and Reynolds. He was joined by the Captain of the Pirate ship @Eddiezone44 with Andrew McCutchen. That is @eddiezone44’s second. It is also Andrew McCutchen’s first shot. Hope everyone finds time to tweet in a pick today on who will improve their 2013 MLB Showdown card by hitting a homer tonight. Then sit back and enjoy your favorite work appropriate beverage while you wait for the weekend.

AT&T Park: This one is more difficult to justify playing with. To carry pitchers with homers on their chart only because you could turn homers into triples is probably something most are not willing to do. Also You will only have half your games in this stadium so unless you are using strategy cards and some set of rules where numbers above 20 can give you homers on the pitcher’s chart I doubt this will see much play. In a league where you could do such things this may be helpful to beat stackers.

Fenway Park: So many things we could have done to try and re-create Fenway. Our choice was to take a somewhat rare event and reward it. Fenway maybe more than any other park can turn fly balls into extra bases. So if you have the advantage you now may have less outs and more extra base hits. If you are lucky enough to run into a player with an outfielder with +0 you can get the entertaining Fenway triple. This stadium always seems to produce a few more triples each year than most. I don’t think you would try and build a team around this too much.

The Great American Ball Park: A very hitter friendly park where it seems like everyone can reach the fences if they get lucky. Well now with this card in play everyone can reach the fences if they get lucky. The best way to capitalize on this as a home manager is having pitchers where 20 is a homer anyway. Again most will avoid this since only half the games are at home. If not it is at least a fun way to hit bombs. If you use strategy cards try “shellshocked” as a way to help speed up fatigue.

PNC Park: A way to keep balls in the yard without losing strategy cards sounds appealing to most. This is going to mean carrying at least one more reliever. Also not worrying about getting pitchers that can go amazingly deep into games. You are going to be using IP as currency not runs so flexibility is going to be key. Also hitting a lot of homers yourself may not be ideal since you could lose them. 

Safeco Field: One of those classic cow pasture stadiums. It seems that every year this place is home to some of the fewest extra base hits. Add in a slew of poor hitting, solid fielding outfielders for the Mariners the past few years and that has exaggerated the fact. It is based on random chance so no need to beef up your own defense.

Twitterboard

@Tomwyliehart:6

@Jamesmruffin:3

@Roktikitiki:2

@Eddiezone44: 2

@Markrom3: 1

Playerboard

Carlos Beltran:3

Mark Trumbo:2

Chris Davis: 2­

Justin Upton:1

Pedro Alvarez: 1

Miguel Cabrera: 1

Adam Dunn: 1

Mark Reynolds:1

Yasiel Puig: 1

Andrew McCutchen