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Astros removing Tal's Hill

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BBCgalaxee

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Sep 9, 2011
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Couldn't understand why it was even considered.

I mean, everything is padded and rules are changed to help maintain the health of players.....but put a hill in center field.

Might as well put the monuments back in center field in Yankee stadium then.

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hive17

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Aug 7, 2008
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Dumbest idea in the history of baseball stadiums (having it, that is), and that includes the Malaka-Laka Balance Board of Trust thing in Marlins Park.
 

rsmath

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Nov 8, 2008
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dumb to remove it - it's the coolest thing about the ballpark and makes me watch an Astros game with nothing else going on at the time is more interesting to me. ;)

I hope they don't remove the hill at Isotopes Park, modeled after Tal's Hill. I have fun at the Isotopes games watching the opponents run up and stumble on the hill while a deep fly ball falls in for a double or triple.
 

predatorkj

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Aug 7, 2008
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Sad to see it go. Hey...if Lance Berkman can make a play up there, all these other players have no excuse!
 

predatorkj

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All in all, I do believe it's dangerous but it also adds an extra challenge to an outfielder for chasing down balls. That's kind of why I like it. Besides, very few balls are hit to that part of the ballpark.
 

joey12508

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Aug 7, 2008
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Couldn't understand why it was even considered.

I mean, everything is padded and rules are changed to help maintain the health of players.....but put a hill in center field.

Might as well put the monuments back in center field in Yankee stadium then.

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And the flag pole.
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Hawk8

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Jul 13, 2013
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Yay for other people who like the hill! But I do not think it is the coolest things about the ballpark. I think the coolest thing is the over hang over the field in left center. I have watched more games standing from there than anywhere else including a Roger Clemens start against the Cubs that went 18 innings!

dumb to remove it - it's the coolest thing about the ballpark and makes me watch an Astros game with nothing else going on at the time is more interesting to me. ;)

I hope they don't remove the hill at Isotopes Park, modeled after Tal's Hill. I have fun at the Isotopes games watching the opponents run up and stumble on the hill while a deep fly ball falls in for a double or triple.

Sad to see it go. Hey...if Lance Berkman can make a play up there, all these other players have no excuse!

I always liked it!!
 

Super Mario

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Mar 1, 2009
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It was a stupid concept from the start.

A massive hill in center, with a hundred foot pole in the middle of it that's IN PLAY no matter how high the ball hits off of it?

Good riddance.
 

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