I hate Shippett Stadium
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I like Capital Stadium. Usually no wind, decent background, and decent dimensions
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@The_Joneser said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@skepple15 said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
Play at a “neutral park” to hit that perfect perfect flyball with 110 power that flies out before the warning track
While there doesn't seem to be too many "neutral" parks, playing in a big one is the only way to quell the boring homer-fest. Personally, I like Forbes for that very reason; someone might send one 420 feet, but a fast outfielder can run it down if there's enough loft.
There are still some home runs (very few from me), but Forbes and Griffith are about the only places where pitching and defense seem to matter. I realize I'm in the minority here and in the real world (the best real game I've ever seen ended with my A's winning 1-0 on a Mike Gallego suicide squeeze, sometime in the late 80's), but can't beat a low-scoring game filled with high-leverage situations.
So, there are always home games...
That's not good pitching though, the guy still sent the ball 420 feet, you're just playing at a trash stadium that benefited you, had nothing to do with your "good pitching"
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@genopolanco said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
Date Palm is the best IMO. Good backdrop with mountains and palm trees and a good batters eye. Neutral dimensions. Still has some pop off the bat compared to like Bayfront, but not OP power.
I agree it’s a pretty stadium. And the dimensions are okay with me, the ball doesn’t fly out like crazy.
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@The_Canuckler said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@The_Joneser said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@skepple15 said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
Play at a “neutral park” to hit that perfect perfect flyball with 110 power that flies out before the warning track
While there doesn't seem to be too many "neutral" parks, playing in a big one is the only way to quell the boring homer-fest. Personally, I like Forbes for that very reason; someone might send one 420 feet, but a fast outfielder can run it down if there's enough loft.
There are still some home runs (very few from me), but Forbes and Griffith are about the only places where pitching and defense seem to matter. I realize I'm in the minority here and in the real world (the best real game I've ever seen ended with my A's winning 1-0 on a Mike Gallego suicide squeeze, sometime in the late 80's), but can't beat a low-scoring game filled with high-leverage situations.
So, there are always home games...
That's not good pitching though, the guy still sent the ball 420 feet, you're just playing at a trash stadium that benefited you, had nothing to do with your "good pitching"
Yes but at Shippett routine fly balls go for HR's. Playing at Shippett and hitting 3 extra HR's a game because the ball flies is just as bad as playing at Detroit and losing HR's to the lack of altitude or dimensions.
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I would call myself a better pitcher than hitter I have a 3.00 era .310 avg usually playing wc (I think the 3 era is impressive bc I play at shippet. I like it bc I can hit homers on not good pci placement. So I usually just spam high sinker bc most people can’t hit and I’ll throw the slurve to throw em off. Idk why I am saying this.
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@The_Canuckler said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@hoboadam said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@ChuckCLC said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@pootiecat said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
Love shippett. The better player comes out on top 99 percent of the time.
The better "hitter" comes out on top 99 percent of the time.
There, fixed that for you.Yep. Button mashers love it. Cerebral pitching means nothing here.
Good hitters like it because they’ll somewhat be properly rewarded unlike 99% of other stadiums, but I can understand how the “good pitchers” hate it
Exactly...
If we’re being honest, there’s no such thing as a “good pitcher” in this year’s game. The pitching engine is too random for any amount of skill to be properly rewarded. If you’re a “good pitcher”, it’s probably because you’re playing in a pitcher-friendly ballpark (like Forbes) and/or facing bad competition.
I mean, look at the top of the leaderboards. Are there any players with ERAs under 4?
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@carey_56 said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@The_Canuckler said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@hoboadam said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@ChuckCLC said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@pootiecat said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
Love shippett. The better player comes out on top 99 percent of the time.
The better "hitter" comes out on top 99 percent of the time.
There, fixed that for you.Yep. Button mashers love it. Cerebral pitching means nothing here.
Good hitters like it because they’ll somewhat be properly rewarded unlike 99% of other stadiums, but I can understand how the “good pitchers” hate it
Exactly...
If we’re being honest, there’s no such thing as a “good pitcher” in this year’s game. The pitching engine is too random for any amount of skill to be properly rewarded. If you’re a “good pitcher”, it’s probably because you’re playing in a pitcher-friendly ballpark (like Forbes) and/or facing bad competition.
I mean, look at the top of the leaderboards. Are there any players with ERAs under 4?
It's not just this year, it's every year, usually if you have a really good era you're not playing very good players, the reason the top of the leaderboards usually have high era's is because the majority of their games are against guys that hit .330+
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@skepple15 said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@carey_56 said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@The_Canuckler said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@hoboadam said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@ChuckCLC said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@pootiecat said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
Love shippett. The better player comes out on top 99 percent of the time.
The better "hitter" comes out on top 99 percent of the time.
There, fixed that for you.Yep. Button mashers love it. Cerebral pitching means nothing here.
Good hitters like it because they’ll somewhat be properly rewarded unlike 99% of other stadiums, but I can understand how the “good pitchers” hate it
Exactly...
If we’re being honest, there’s no such thing as a “good pitcher” in this year’s game. The pitching engine is too random for any amount of skill to be properly rewarded. If you’re a “good pitcher”, it’s probably because you’re playing in a pitcher-friendly ballpark (like Forbes) and/or facing bad competition.
I mean, look at the top of the leaderboards. Are there any players with ERAs under 4?
It's not just this year, it's every year, usually if you have a really good era you're not playing very good players, the reason the top of the leaderboards usually have high era's is because the majority of their games are against guys that hit .330+
I think pitching in this game is (and has been for a couple years) been too difficult and tedious even besides the meatballs this year. But it’s compounded by half of the games in higher tiers being played at the most friendly run scoring environment in the game, where you don’t even have to put the pci on the ball or time it up well for it to be a home run.
There have been so many low and away or outside pitches in general I’ve seen just yanked over the wall at Shippett. It’s just not fun at all.
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@Original_Quad said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@skepple15 said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@carey_56 said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@The_Canuckler said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@hoboadam said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@ChuckCLC said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@pootiecat said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
Love shippett. The better player comes out on top 99 percent of the time.
The better "hitter" comes out on top 99 percent of the time.
There, fixed that for you.Yep. Button mashers love it. Cerebral pitching means nothing here.
Good hitters like it because they’ll somewhat be properly rewarded unlike 99% of other stadiums, but I can understand how the “good pitchers” hate it
Exactly...
If we’re being honest, there’s no such thing as a “good pitcher” in this year’s game. The pitching engine is too random for any amount of skill to be properly rewarded. If you’re a “good pitcher”, it’s probably because you’re playing in a pitcher-friendly ballpark (like Forbes) and/or facing bad competition.
I mean, look at the top of the leaderboards. Are there any players with ERAs under 4?
It's not just this year, it's every year, usually if you have a really good era you're not playing very good players, the reason the top of the leaderboards usually have high era's is because the majority of their games are against guys that hit .330+
I think pitching in this game is (and has been for a couple years) been too difficult and tedious even besides the meatballs this year. But it’s compounded by half of the games in higher tiers being played at the most friendly run scoring environment in the game, where you don’t even have to put the pci on the ball or time it up well for it to be a home run.
There have been so many low and away or outside pitches in general I’ve seen just yanked over the wall at Shippett. It’s just not fun at all.
The thing is most people at the top of the leaderboards are consistently putting their pci on the ball, doesn’t really matter where they play, they’re going to score a ton of runs, that’s why at the top you’re always going to find high era’s because they’re always playing each other
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@flamexJD20 said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
@xElRojo44x said in I hate Shippett Stadium:
I didn't believe the hype until I recently played a BR game there...the impact is definitely legit. There were maybe 2-3 lead changes, 5-6 HR, and the final score was like 11-9 or something. Crazy...Lol
Never happened in real life before
Obviously yes, these types of games have happened in real life before... So, do you think the Shippett Stadium talk has some validity, or is it all empty rhetoric, in your opinion?
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