The Astros made a big mistake by calling attention to the stadium roof. Astros players repeatedly said the fans gave them a big advantage because the roof holds all the noise inside.
Bud Selig heard those comments and now has forced the Astros to play with the roof open. I guess he doesn’t want the Astros to have an unfair advantage. The Minute Maid Park roof had been closed for all the postseason games this October. Selig never said a word about it during the Braves and Cardinals series.
If no one had mentioned the roof, Selig wouldn’t have said a thing about it.
The irony in the roof debate is that the commissioner believes leaving it closed is cheating. The Black Sox scandal forced Major League Baseball to elect a commissioner to eliminate cheating. Cheating has been a hot-button topic ever since.
I do not think fan noise at Minute Maid Park is cheating. The commissioner disagrees, but I don’t think it is any of his business. I think the home team should have its choice .
When the Cubs had a slow but powerful team, they let the infield grass grow tall. Some teams have sloped the base lines to keep bunts from rolling foul or to ensure bunts would roll foul.
When Bill Veeck owned the Indians, he actually had two sets of outfield (chain-link) fences. One of them was shallow and one deep. He changed them during the night. If his team was playing the powerful Yankees, he would use the deep fences.
I don’t care if the roof is open or closed. I don’t think it will affect the outcome of the games. I think the fans will be loud enough to be heard either way.
And I think they will be courteous to White Sox fans.
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