Quote: David Wright is Frustrated with Citi Field
Yesterday, on SIRIUS XM Radio’s Ripken Baseball, Braves 3B Chipper Jones talked to hosts Cal Ripken Jr. and Billy Ripken about Citi Field, saying:
“It is the biggest park that I have ever played in in my life… You know, I actually feel sort of sorry for some of the guys out there because their power numbers are really going to take a hit; guys like David Wright, Beltran, Delgado. The days of them hitting 35, 40 homers – they’re over. I juiced the ball just right of center field as hard as the good Lord can let me hit a ball, and it hit midways up the center field wall for a double; and every time there was a long fly out or a double that hit off the wall or something, David Wright would run by me and go, ‘Nice park.’ He’s a little frustrated with it, but on the flip side of that, you got a guy like Jose Reyes who’s liable to hit, in a healthy year, 25, 30 triples in that ballpark because if you split a gap you can run forever.”
…wright will be confronted with this questions by reporters today, i am sure, and he’ll deny it or spin it, i am sure, and i don’t know why… the park is big, and i wouldn’t blame him for being frustrated…
By the way, Ripken Baseball, which is a fantastic show, airs nationwide exclusively on SIRIUS XM Radio’s MLB Home Plate channel.
In a post to NY Baseball Digest, Mike Silva writes, “I believe the park is ok, but the Mets should consider lowering the high left field padding so you can still get a homer on a line drive. That would be a nice compromise.”
…it cuts both ways, though… the Mets struggle to hit home runs, so do the opposition… instead, i prefer the Mets keep it as is, and start truly building a team built around pitching, speed and defense, which, by the way, would not only play to building’s strength, but it also plays well on the road…
