What's a home run porch?

Just wondering.

It sounds neat though.

That's a HR porch.

 

that is f***in impossible to draw a pic like that, mine would look more like a blob of green and then some blue for the seats

s***, he had me going, I thought that was the real deal.

Well that might be what the Sox do, nobody knows though.

How sweet would that be?

They've done a fabulous job in renovating since the park opened. One suggestion though: if we are going to have a home run porch in right field, could we maybe

think about having some lefty home run hitters on the club? Just a thought.

How sweet would that be?

To catch a home run from out there it would have to be a 420+ foot bomb. Makes more sense to build it in left field though.

 

Like how the idea still allows you to see the game from underneath the porch.....I was under the impression that a home run porch would take away the view from the concourse.

To catch a home run from out there it would have to be a 420+ foot bomb. Makes more sense to build it in left field though.

 

Like how the idea still allows you to see the game from underneath the porch.....I was under the impression that a home run porch would take away the view from the concourse.

If they build it like Arlington, or any of the old Bp's like old Comiskey or Tiger Stadium it won't be that much further to get to the UD. It has more to do with tragectory vs distance.

I think they should build it with the same dimensions as the upper deck at old Comiskey.

That would be tremendous.

Can they put one in lf also?

Anyone else see the story on the renovations on the channel 9 news? They showed the top eight rows of seats removed from the upper deck and said that they will actually be cutting the UD to shorten it by that much. Something like 6000 seats being removed. They said full plans won't be released until November.

Anyone else see the story on the renovations on the channel 9 news?  They showed the top eight rows of seats removed from the upper deck and said that they will actually be cutting the UD to shorten it by that much.  Something like 6000 seats being removed.  They said full plans won't be released until November.

That's not that bad, only a week or so till November, course it prob won't be realeased till mid-late November.

The fans have spoken with their hating the upper deck.

Thanks to cellular one for the money!

 

Now if we can get a team just as worthy as the park with the porch.

Anyone else see the story on the renovations on the channel 9 news?  They showed the top eight rows of seats removed from the upper deck and said that they will actually be cutting the UD to shorten it by that much.  Something like 6000 seats being removed.  They said full plans won't be released until November.

I saw it, and they said they actually are going to lower the upper deck, which I would have thought was impossible. Pretty neat.

 

Also, the sox website shows 10 pictures of the construction project, but there was no press release, which is pretty stupid.

A while back, I said this is what they were planning on doing with the upper deck.

And everyone told me that was a bulls*** rumor.

 

Haha...I am so smart

S-M-R-T Smart!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Truthfully, I don't care. Just happy to see them doing something.

There are stories on page 5 of today's Sun Times and in the sports section of todays Daily Southtown.

The SunTimes says in part "Since they are not actually lowering the upper deck, nor adjusting the incline, is it all an optical illusion?

"It's perception" Sox spokesman Scott Reifert said Thursday...After the top 20 feet of the stadium's bowl are lopped off - 215 tons of steel and 3500 tons of concrete - a new canopy will be put on that will more closely resemble the roof on old Comiskey park...

The concourse on the 2nd level also will be more enclosed and amenities added.

Using last year's ticket pricing system, the trim eliminates 6600 upper deck reserved seats, or more than 1/2 of the most affordable seats priced at 14 dollars. Reifert said team officials are having conversations now about how [pricing will be] structured once the renovation is done. What's going to happen for next year, it's too soon to say."

 

The Southtown also reports that they are considering moving Sunday start times back to 2:00.

 

By the way, if you are looking for anything about this in the Tribune, good luck. I couldn't find it in there. Maybe it wasn't as newsworthy as the 5 stories last Friday about how the Cubs still hadn't won this year's pennant, or the 2 editorials on Friday and Monday about how being a Cub fan is really important. f***ers.

They did say they would be improving the amenities of the upper deck. Maybe that will satisfy the people who buy upperdeck tickets and are pissed off they have to sit there.

Anything they do to make the outside look less like a spaceship is OK by me.

I also don't mind losing the cheapest seats, since I didn't like sitting in them that much anyway.

The highest seats were the ONLY bad seats in USCF, so the b****ers can finally stop b****ing. Talking about the general public, not really anyone specific on this board.

 

The 2pm Sunday start is a decent idea - gives families a chance to go to church and then head out to the game in time.

 

And it REALLY IS important to read why it's cool to be a sCrUB fan...

 

Oh, irony alert!!!

My boss couldn't believe that I wasn't paying attention to the sCrUBS' March To The Series. He kept telling me that I was "missing HISTORY IN THE MAKING".

So I asked him if he saw Josh Beckett's performance earlier this week, and he said "Oh, I'M NOT WATCHING the World Series".

So I said, "BUT YOU'RE MISSING HISTORY IN THE MAKING".

His reply? "The Marlins don't deserve to be there - ONLY the Cubbies deserve to be there". I left it alone - I can't try to debate that retarded "logic".

 

Cub fans.....

Some photos for those to lazy to look..

 

 

 

 

What I heard on WGN was not that they were changing the slope of the remaining seats just loping off the top most rows of seats, which they said had a steeper incline than the rest.

Cellular One gave the Sox all that money, which the

Sox are putting to good use.

Thanks to Cell One obviously.

 

My question is, why don't we revolutionize baseball and

get another big-time company to donate 68 mill

for salaries?

Would any company fork over the dough?

We could put the company's name on the back of our

jerseys or on the outfield grass.

Cellular One gave the Sox all that money, which the

Sox are putting to good use.

Thanks to Cell One obviously.

 

My question is, why don't we revolutionize baseball and

get another big-time company to donate 68 mill

for salaries?

Would any company fork over the dough?

We could put the company's name on the back of our

jerseys or on the outfield grass.

Din't Bank1 do that for the bears or something similar?

I was just on whitesox.com and somebody posted a link that had UD renovation sketches. But because its on WSI message boards I cant access them.....can someone copy and paste the pictures onto here.

 

UD Sketches

Cellular One gave the Sox all that money, which the

Sox are putting to good use.

Thanks to Cell One obviously.

 

My question is, why don't we revolutionize baseball and

get another big-time company to donate 68 mill

for salaries?

Would any company fork over the dough?

We could put the company's name on the back of our

jerseys or on the outfield grass.

Din't Bank1 do that for the bears or something similar?

It's like the Chicago Bears presented by BankOne. I have never heard them called it, looks like a waste of money. That would be like soccer, with the sponsor on the uniforms.

The cell seems to be transforming into Wrigley field. It seems from this pic that the home run porch in right field is being built after all.

 

The cell seems to be transforming into Wrigley field.  It seems from this pic that the home run porch in right field is being built after all.

 

can't wait for opening day

It looks super nice. I can't wait to see it.