tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post3320133722583203323..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: Context is Everythingobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-84695922556551435002007-04-09T21:16:00.000-07:002007-04-09T21:16:00.000-07:00Yes, they are in the business of making money, and...Yes, they are in the business of making money, and it will be pretty hard to make money if no MLB team wants to use your park as their home park because it screws up some of their best homerun hitting prospect's swings.<BR/><BR/>The contract with Connecticut was recently renewed, I think before last season, when they changed their name, but probably with the understanding that the park problem will be fixed soon. <BR/><BR/>The thing is that neither team wanted to pay for the reconfiguration, but of course the Giants have more clout. However, lucky for the Defenders, the city was required by the lease signed with the team to resod the field periodically and a resod was due, so the idea was hatched to reconfigure the field since it needed to be resod anyway and it won't cost the Defenders anything. But then the ESPN deal screwed that up. <BR/><BR/>I have no firm idea when it will be done, but their new GM, who I've been e-mailing with, says that there will be an opportunity to change it when the field will be replaced at the end of this year - so apparently the resod was delayed to the end of this season. I'm not sure why he made it so cryptic about the "opportunity", I guess maybe ESPN (or another "opportunity") could come along and delay the resod again.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I've always wondered about the change from the Texas League and Shreveport, to the Eastern League. Of course, the heat down South would be a great reason why you would want to move, but going to Norwich is like moving from Death Valley to Antartica, in terms of heat and weather change.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-64006643812293855332007-04-08T20:47:00.000-07:002007-04-08T20:47:00.000-07:00the defender owners are in the biz of making money...the defender owners are in the biz of making money, not seeing that our players development continues unabated...<BR/><BR/>the giants asked them to move the fences in...they said that was not economical, but they would move home plate up...then espn came and threw money at them, so they didnt do it for this season<BR/><BR/>im not sure when the contract with the defenders ends, but the giants need to look at some other options for the coming years<BR/><BR/>not just because the eastern league skews stats for both o and pitching, but because the weather during the early part of the season is always miserableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com