What ballpark’s home run balls often land on Waveland Avenue?
2006-11-14 00:44:35 · 18 answers · asked by Jamie G 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Wrigley Field
2006-11-14 00:55:53 · answer #1 · answered by Colin L 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the direction of the wind, (Wrigley field )can either be one of the friendliest parks in the major leagues for pitchers or among the worst.
Many Cubs fans check their nearest flag before heading to the park on game days for an indication of what the game might be like; this is less of a factor for night games, however, because the wind does not blow as hard after the sun goes down.
With the wind blowing in, pitchers can dominate, and no-hitters have been tossed from time to time, though none recently; the last two occurred near the beginning and the end of the 1972 season, by Burt Hooton and Milt Pappas respectively. In the seventh inning of Ken Holtzman's first no-hitter, on August 19, 1969, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hammered one that looked like it was headed for Waveland, but the wind caught it just enough for left fielder Billy Williams to leap up and snare it in "the well".
With the wind blowing out, some true tape-measure home runs have been hit by well-muscled batters. Sammy Sosa and Dave "Kong" Kingman broke windows in the apartment buildings across Waveland Avenue several times. Glenallen Hill put one on a rooftop. Batters have occasionally slugged it into, or to the side of, the first row or two of the "upper deck" of the center field bleachers. Sosa hit the roof of the center field camera booth on the fly during the NLCS against the Florida Marlins, some 450 feet away.
But the longest blast was probably hit by Dave Kingman on a very windy day in 1976 while with the Mets. According to local legend, one day, Kingman launched a bomb that landed on the third porch roof on the east (center field) side of Kenmore Street, some 550 feet away.
No matter the weather, many fans congregate during batting practice and games on Waveland Avenue, behind left field, and Sheffield Avenue, behind right field, for a chance to catch a home run ball.
2006-11-14 13:42:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-14 14:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by jmac_598 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-14 07:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by cookie78monster 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-14 05:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by flowwer_1371 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-14 05:35:31 · answer #6 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-14 02:44:46 · answer #7 · answered by alextrbk_1999 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-14 02:22:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-14 01:57:32 · answer #9 · answered by Chetarah 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-14 01:09:35 · answer #10 · answered by Jip Jip 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋