Which real-life MLB stadium does the MLB field remind you of the most?
I could make this a poll, but I didn't want to throw a ton of options up... call me lazy.
Personally, I think if one were to change the scoreboard green and put a clock on it, the place would be a dead ringer for Wrigley. I know it's a generic kind of design, but everytime I hit one over the walls I can't help but think it's Waveland or Sheffield. That's weird because I hate the Cubs.
Astrodome
thankfully it doesnt resemble 3 rivers stadium, the vet, or that dump the reds used to play in. worst 9 road games in a row a team could play.
that would be the grounds for terminating that fucking game.
Quote from: Todd Blythe Time on 06/03/08, 12:44:41 PM
thankfully it doesnt resemble 3 rivers stadium, the vet, or that dump the reds used to play in. worst 9 road games in a row a team could play.
that would be the grounds for terminating that fucking game.
actually, i think it looks the most like a cookie-cutter stadium from those you listed, tbt.
the outfield seating is most similar to dodger stadium, from my memory. but i wonder if it resembles old county stadium in milwaukee or where cleveland used to play, too??
Yeah, any stadium built in the 70s with no personality to it.
Quote from: TβG on 06/03/08, 05:13:23 PM
Quote from: Todd Blythe Time on 06/03/08, 12:44:41 PM
thankfully it doesnt resemble 3 rivers stadium, the vet, or that dump the reds used to play in. worst 9 road games in a row a team could play.
that would be the grounds for terminating that fucking game.
actually, i think it looks the most like a cookie-cutter stadium from those you listed, tbt.
the outfield seating is most similar to dodger stadium, from my memory. but i wonder if it resembles old county stadium in milwaukee or where cleveland used to play, too??
i was going to say the same thing, too. the first thing i thought of was a boxy 3rivers. it sorta does look a lot like cleveland municipal, the way the walls are a bit more squared, plus the hitters eye with the scoreboard right above.
(http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/clemuni2.jpg)
eerie (and not the mistake by the lake).
That looks pretty close right there nomaaa
since the game came out in japan, maybe it resembles one from over there??
Good call, although it wasn't open yet, I'd say the Tokyo Dome was based on Tengen Field
The outfield seats being one tier, and the scoreboard/hitter's eye are almost identical
(http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/Diag/TokyoDome.gif)
(http://groundskeeper.mlblogs.com/murrays_field_blogs/images/tokyp_dome_opening_night.jpg)
that looks good to me.... but it's a dome....s
Based on the light fixtures, the bowl type configuration, the open air behind the outfield bleachers and the scoreboard/hitter's eye, I'm gonna go with Utsunomiya Kiyohara Stadium (http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/asia/japan/kanto/utsunomiya_kiyoshara.shtml) I haven't been able to find too many good pictures though.
dude, i would say that's almost perfect. good work gumshoe [/gantry]
Quote from: TβG on 06/07/08, 03:18:57 PM
dude, i would say that's almost perfect. good work gumshoe [/Carmen Sandiego's boss]
carmen sandiego was her own woman, she didn't have a boss. now you, the wiley report, you had a boss...and they might say something a lot like that...
Did you guys notice the shoe banner above the picture of the stadium?
eerie
that is def tengen field.
Linky link for old discussion on dimensions of Tengen field and overhead view:
http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=12472.0
Quote from: Shooty on 06/11/08, 07:46:26 AM
Linky link for old discussion on dimensions of Tengen field and overhead view:
http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=12472.0
Excellent topic!
Re-Peat, I just bumpsted a thread with links to many other threads that you might also find interesting - we basically looked inside RBI to see what made it tick, and I don't think any of us will ever be the same again
Quote from: Strassy on 06/07/08, 04:15:01 PM
carmen sandiego was her own woman, she didn't have a boss. now you, the wiley report, you had a boss...and they might say something a lot like that...
I stand corrected....
here are some pics from some blogger that watched a game at that stadium
http://heatherandkevininutsunomiyajp.blogspot.com/2008/04/tokyo-giants-vs-yokohama-baystars.html
Some funky lights there...
Donuts at a baseball game? Those wacky Japanese...
Has anybody been able to find out when the stadium opened? Maybe try emailing the bloggers? If nobody wants to, this will give me something to do at work tomorrow.
"In Japan, this venue is commonly referred to as the "Family Stadium."
Whoa, good catch Ryno!
Quote from: ryno on 06/11/08, 10:34:00 PM
"In Japan, this venue is commonly referred to as the "Family Stadium."
Was that on the blog post?
wow, the other thing i noticed about the pic is that the infield doesn't have an inner line that would delineate the where the grass ends and the dirt begins. i've brought this up about the game years ago, this lack of a line on the astroturf is consistent with the rendering in rbi. now why didn't they put a warning track in the game??
ps, now tbt, you might be able to actually get the seat configuration rendered for your tattoo!
Quote from: Gantry on 06/11/08, 09:33:48 PM
Some funky lights there...
illuminated fly swatters
Quote from: Attezz on 06/11/08, 10:43:04 PM
Quote from: ryno on 06/11/08, 10:34:00 PM
"In Japan, this venue is commonly referred to as the "Family Stadium."
Was that on the blog post?
no
So where did you get said info?
Quote from: Gantry on 06/14/08, 01:13:40 AM
So where did you get said info?
my brain.
I cannot prove it's not true, however.
When I went to Japan, I went to a Tokyo Swallows game. The stadium is almost exactly the same, I think I found your answer.
(http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v133/202/123/7001288/n7001288_35426404_7884.jpg)
Some more pics............
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jzfNwmStnzw/RvhQmnx4x4I/AAAAAAAAAL0/eAmZaNLyXyI/06_08_jingu_stadium.JPG)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/dscali/RvrfVavFiHI/AAAAAAAAALs/phem3do-Vnw/IMG_0876.jpg?imgmax=512)
That definitely wins, nice work Bobby!
Looks like the light poles coming up in the outfield are even in similar spots... nicely done. My only complaint is that the Tokyo stadium is blue while the Yokahama one is green like Tengen Field.
Quote from: Attezz on 06/19/08, 07:10:49 AM
That definitely wins, nice work Bobby!
Thanks man. I remember when I was at that game I kept thinking that I was at the RBI stadium. It looked exactly like it . Esp. with the blue fencing, dirt cut outs around the bases, the big lights, similar out field seating, and a comparable scoreboard and batters eye.
p.s. It's Barry, the greatest ever.
interesting new find with that latest blue-seated stadium. beef, i'm not sure what you meant about the japanese stadiums being colored, do you mean the OF walls or the outside facade? i'll include pics below, also of family stadium which the rbi stadium was obviously modeld after between the two games themselves.
some interesting queries now arise from the pics posted ABOVE ^:
1. what's with the "piccari" inscription behind the plate in Family Stadium?
2. the famista version does not have a green line on the top of the outfield stands like rbi has. there's also no white line on top of any of the walls deliniating the wall from the fans.
3. ive made this point before, that the screen cap "10" from "today's game" screen in rbi shows the batter's eye as blue, and not black like it is during game play. that's the reason i contend it's not a scoreboard, but if you look at the real pictures of Meiji Jingu where the yakult swallows play that bonds posted, you can see that there are multiple scoreboards (most likely added within the last 20 years) that probably turn off during actual play. sort of like how yankee stadium does that because they would be in the batters line of sight.
4. (pictured below) here's a look back in to home plate from dead centerfield. this is the only think that i can find that doesn't fit with this stadium being the rbi stadium. there's huge stands set up behind homplate with a press box and second level. now maybe that was added in the last 20 years as well.
anyone else creeped out by japanese big brother having live cameras of the streets in the city (found on heather and kevin's blog page).
Quote from: nomaaa on 06/19/08, 11:30:42 PM
anyone else creeped out by japanese big brother having live cameras of the streets in the city (found on heather and kevin's blog page).
Most "civilized" countries have street cameras, actually, Baltimore has them as well, a FUCKING TON of them.
Thank god for the ACLU and the Montana Militia.
For some reason I was picturing the Tengen Field walls as green instead of blue, so I was thinking the stadium from Heather & Kevin's blog was more accurate, color-wise.
here's a link to a family stadium info thread: http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=2147.msg473719#msg473719 i just wanted to throw that in becuase i don't want to distract from the rbi specific answers we're trying to find here. BUT....
these pics show the newest rendering from family stadium 94 (on nes/famicom platform) of the stadium where the yakult swallows play (the later real life pics we've been posting)... you should be able to notice a lot of similarites between the real life stadium, and the rbi stadium.
the first thing i notice is "DRINK VIDEO DRINK" and "COCA COLA TOSHIBA KIRIN"
coca cola = drink
toshiba = video electronics
kirin = drink
Quote from: TβG on 06/20/08, 12:39:31 AM
these pics show the newest rendering from family stadium 94 (on nes/famicom platform) of the stadium where the yakult swallows play (the later real life pics we've been posting)...
Quote from: Wikipedia
Famous players of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows past and present include Masaichi Kaneda, Kazushige Nagashima, Johnny Ray, Dave Roberts, Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Hiromi Matsuoka, Charlie Manuel, Bob Horner, Jack Howell, Tom O'Malley, Terry Bross, Joe Pepitone, Masato Yoshii, Kazuhisa Ishii, Shingo Takatsu, Atsuya Furuta, Leon Lee (father of Derrek Lee), Doug DeCinces, Masato Yoshii, Rex Hudler, Larry Parrish, Bill Madlock, Takehiro Ikeyama, Aaron Guiel, and Akinori Iwamura.
the plot thickens...
masato yoshii was listed twice. he must have been THAT GOOD.
i like seeing those other former angels listed as well as decinces: hudler, howell, johnny ray.
Quote from: nomaaa on 06/20/08, 01:19:46 AM
the first thing i notice is "DRINK VIDEO DRINK" and "COCA COLA TOSHIBA KIRIN"
coca cola = drink
toshiba = video electronics
kirin = drink
Good eye gumshoe!
holy shit...i missed something incredibly awesome.