Comments on: ATD: Marlins Bullpen, J’Roll, Cordero

By: Tidewater

Tidewater — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:03:06 +0000

I do too. I think that is one of the coolest shots I’ve seen on a baseball broadcast. Great perspective.

By: GregB

GregB — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:26:01 +0000

” is anyone else experiencing vertigo watching the telecast when they switch to the secondary camera behind homeplate to follow a ball put in play”

i don’t know if I’d call it vertigo, but it’s definately difficult to project where the ball will land…there were a couple of balls hit to Milledge that I had no idea whether the ball was catchable until it hit the ground.

By: gomets6091

gomets6091 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:37:01 +0000

agreed….hopefully it happens before I move back to NY…or at least before I die

By: irish_eagle

irish_eagle — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:02:47 +0000

During last night’s game Howie described the view from the broadcast booth as just like being in the front row of the upper deck at Shea.

By: dcmetsfan

dcmetsfan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:02:01 +0000

And stupid Chad Cordero. My fantasy bullpen is Eric Gagne, Chad Cordero, Carlos Marmol and Tony Pena – so I am basically frakked unless Kerry Wood and Brandon Lyon go down.

By: dcmetsfan

dcmetsfan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:57:04 +0000

Yeah, that camera angle sort of hurts the eye.

I have some of the same complaints about the way they’re marketing as the folks at Capitol Punishment. It’s like Turner – lots of distractions to draw your attention away from the product on the field, but as my wife suggested, we’ll be happy for those when we have kids. (Though I joked with my wife that no child of mine will ever be bored at a baseball game.)

It’s a great park, though. Great sightlines every seat, and relatively inexpensive except for the ridiculously priced seats behind home plate. Hmmm, selling seats for $325 each. Wonder why they’re empty?

By: Metskin

Metskin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:47:01 +0000

I went to the game yesterday. It’s just an incredible ballpark. Getting in and out was much easier then I thought. I’m rooting for the Nats to be like the Caps and become the talk of the town. A good rivalry between the Mets and Nats would be awesome.

By: dykstraw

dykstraw — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:37:27 +0000

yeah i was thinking this too.

also, the nats should play “the lovely ladies.” it would be a good game and they could build prestige points.

By: jamie

jamie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:36:05 +0000

I like it and I don’t…I hate not seeing the pitch (since they haven’t so far shown it after the overhead), since I can’t see if it was a ball or strike (meaning: according to me and not the ump)

By: thornie

thornie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:19:39 +0000

I love the aerial cam on the broadcasts. It very reminiscent of the camera views used in baseball video games. Love it.