Right up until it didn't it looked like the Minute Maid Magic was still on full jones. Then, the ridiculousness of the park reared its silly little short porch. The Giants hoped they were getting a cute little number like this with their inviting band box feature in right. Fortunately, nature has a sense of humour and she willfully kills almost every ball not hit by a lefthanded hitter named Bonds.
Corporate Bell Park has emerged as a pretty fair yard for pitchers while not completely destroying offense. Bad players have more to do with that. Still, the place seems to cry out for a change in structural roster thinking. While the Giants understood fairly quickly that pitchers would do better and loaded up accordingly in the draft, it is only recently that Sabean has sought an advantage for the offense. Speed, speed, speed..Sabean still hasn't completely bought into the theory that patient hitters get on base more than brain dead hackers, but he has filled his farm with really fast guys.
Will this pay off eventually..I have no idea...It does seem worth a try, though.
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