Re: Four Parks That Seem To Be Immune To The 'Unders' Trend This Year...
Nothing to do with anything but you guys may get a laugh, it's from my book, pg 127:
DODGER TOTALS
In this same mideighties time frame, another event surfaced that I certainly wasn’t ready for. Vincent was batboy for the Braves and Pirates in the visitor’s clubhouse in Dodger Stadium as mentioned earlier. Vincent and I became good friends with the clubhouse manager. In fact, when the baseball season was over, he'd stay in Las Vegas and work in the race book for me till spring training. For those who remember "the live balls controversy" when the totals began flying over one season, the thinking was the balls were "live," purposely being wound tighter than previously. They were jumping off the bats, balls were flying over the fences, and the totals were flying over. Everywhere but Dodger Stadium. The Dodger totals were staying under.
One day, after that season is over, we’re talking and my clubhouse friend tells me he saved the Dodgers a nice piece of change. They told him to dump all the old balls, about 3500 of them, and begin using these new ones. He didn’t do it, in good faith he kept the old balls in play and saved his employers money. On the other side, he cost a few players and BMs their money.....