Astros removing Tal's Hill

[Keyser Soze]

Some think it's stupid. Some think it was cool. I'm somewhere in between. It was an ACL tear waiting to happen. Either way, it's a goner after this season.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13012529/houston-astros-get-rid-tal-hill-flagpole-2015-season



Erik

 

[BBCgalaxee]

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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[RStadlerASU22]

It's unneeded , and looks silly IMO. Surprised it even made it on the field.

Ryan

 

[u2me57]

I'm glad it's going away.

 

[Hawk8]

I guess I'm the only one that is going to miss it

 

[hive17]

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.

 

[BiggioBrooks755]

 

[rsmath]

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]

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

 

[BamKat]

I always liked it!!

 

[predatorkj]

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]

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.

 

[gpenko826]

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.

Shame on anyone who doesn't get this great reference

 

[gt2590]

ADT!

Dumb idea IMO...

 

[Hawk8]

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!!

 

[Lancemountain]

Still can't believe it even was a part of the field to begin with

 

[Super Mario]

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.

 

[Super Mario]

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.

Apparently you've never seen the Crawford Boxes or the railroad tracks above.

 

[Super Mario]

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

Jim Edmonds made the best okay on the Hill ever.

 

[Super Mario]

play