Municipal Field

Teflon Skies · 05-08-2003, 07:04 PM

Municipal Field began its existence as a minor league ballpark. Once the city landed a big league club, plans were to house them at city-owned Municipal Field for two seasons until the owners' privately funded state-of-the-art downtown ballpark could be finished. In preparation for its short-term duty, a double-decked grandstand was erected in left field at Municipal Field and additional seating was placed down the foul lines to bring capacity up to a major league minimum, but further improvements such as private suites or video replay screens were deemed unnecessary for the temporary ballpark. Unfortunately for the ballclub, the owner - thought to be financially stable by the league - quickly suffered a reversal of fortunes followed by a string of indictments. Construction on the downtown ballpark abruptly halted - leaving no more than a large hole in the ground. The league stepped in to run the team in the interim but given the lack of a new stadium and the city's current economic climate, a search for a new owners has been unsuccessful.

Municipal Field is located in the midst of the largest grain terminal complex on the great plains. In fact, terminal-bound trains routinely lumber noisily just beyond the right field and center field fences. Because of the proximity to the tracks and loading facility, right field is very short. An 11 foot wall topped by a 23 foot chainlink fence keeps some of the balls hit that way in the yard, but more than a few make their way over. Conversely, the park is extremely deep to center and left fields. In its minor league days before the left field grandstands were added, the park was extremely windblown and balls hit to left and left center died quickly. With the sheltering stands in place, the ball carries much better but the depth of the fences still requires the ball to be hammered to leave the yard. High fly balls still catch the jetstream, however, and it's not uncommon to see a fielder camped under a routine pop-up take off running as the wind catches the ball. The field has survived two tornados - although the most recent toppled the distinctive ear of corn-shaped water tower that rises behind the grain terminal. It has since been repaired.

Big Willis 16 · 05-08-2003, 07:06 PM

Once again... AMAZING! I love the sky

LedgerSko · 05-08-2003, 07:06 PM

nice !! I really like the sky

Cuss16 · 05-08-2003, 07:11 PM

Another friggin' nice ball park.

Can some show me the ink to teflon skies' site again?

Kronos · 05-08-2003, 07:12 PM

Awesome work

Teflon Skies · 05-08-2003, 07:19 PM

Here is a link to the exported stadium file. Simply unzip it and place the file into the league folder you wish to use the stadium in and run the import function from the ballpark editor in the league set-up screen

Muncipal Export File

Here is the bitmap

Muncipal Field

and the park data:

Teflon Skies · 05-08-2003, 07:33 PM

I am in the process of editing the web site where my ballparks are posted. I'm adding individual data and descriptions - which are not completed yet. Bitmaps are still available for all parks as are the Park.dat and Parkconfig.dat files You can get to my site by simply typing hall-fame.com or www.hall-fame.com in your browser window.

asaintsfan · 05-08-2003, 08:27 PM

ANother great one - thanks Teflon. I was starting to get the shakes - we haven't had a park for a while!!!

NO PRESSURE!!!!

Daballman22 · 05-08-2003, 08:47 PM

You do it agian, another great park, I love it. And that sky is awsome. I can't wait to see what you come up with next.

Dvdmanny · 05-09-2003, 04:16 AM

great work Teflon, now I have to find a team to go with the park

kingfc22 · 05-09-2003, 04:26 AM

jaw hit the floor again - great work!!!

akw4572 · 05-09-2003, 08:57 AM

just out of curiosity, shouldn't the avg of lhb and rhb be switched? Seems like the rhb have a whole lot more room to hit to, vs. the lhb.

Teflon Skies · 05-09-2003, 12:13 PM

akw4572 - you can change the factors to whatever you like. The factors I listed were generated using the ballpark spreadsheet posted earlier in the forums. I'd assume the bigger dimensions would cause some singles to become doubles and triples in the wider gaps by RH batters but would also cause a lot more deep flies to be caught instead of leaving the park or hitting off the walls. The extreme shortness of RF, however, would basically have the same affect that LF in Fenway has - easy flyouts in other parks become singles and doubles off the wall or homers over it.

akw4572 · 05-09-2003, 12:23 PM

ok, great. Thanks teflon.

ZouDave · 05-09-2003, 04:07 PM

**bump**

looks great, as always!!

LivnLegend · 05-09-2003, 04:51 PM

Great job, TS! I really like that one.
Love the corn cob.

GForce22 · 05-09-2003, 05:38 PM

HE'S BACK!!!

Great work again!!

GH

GForce22 · 05-09-2003, 05:38 PM

I just found ConAgra Park in the USBA

GH

zyk · 05-10-2003, 03:04 AM

someone should make a fictional league using all of teflons AWSOME ball parks..maybe get one of the logo guys to make logos... that would be great!

ive been working on doing it... but have had a total of one hour so far this week to devote to ootp... dont have the time needed with school...

Finals suck =(

Anyways would someone be interested in doing that?

Cuss16 · 05-10-2003, 05:21 AM

I might be able to contribute, if everyone else would like to take the challenge.

05-08-2003, 07:04 PM	#1
Teflon Skies Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 122	Municipal Field Municipal Field began its existence as a minor league ballpark. Once the city landed a big league club, plans were to house them at city-owned Municipal Field for two seasons until the owners' privately funded state-of-the-art downtown ballpark could be finished. In preparation for its short-term duty, a double-decked grandstand was erected in left field at Municipal Field and additional seating was placed down the foul lines to bring capacity up to a major league minimum, but further improvements such as private suites or video replay screens were deemed unnecessary for the temporary ballpark. Unfortunately for the ballclub, the owner - thought to be financially stable by the league - quickly suffered a reversal of fortunes followed by a string of indictments. Construction on the downtown ballpark abruptly halted - leaving no more than a large hole in the ground. The league stepped in to run the team in the interim but given the lack of a new stadium and the city's current economic climate, a search for a new owners has been unsuccessful. Municipal Field is located in the midst of the largest grain terminal complex on the great plains. In fact, terminal-bound trains routinely lumber noisily just beyond the right field and center field fences. Because of the proximity to the tracks and loading facility, right field is very short. An 11 foot wall topped by a 23 foot chainlink fence keeps some of the balls hit that way in the yard, but more than a few make their way over. Conversely, the park is extremely deep to center and left fields. In its minor league days before the left field grandstands were added, the park was extremely windblown and balls hit to left and left center died quickly. With the sheltering stands in place, the ball carries much better but the depth of the fences still requires the ball to be hammered to leave the yard. High fly balls still catch the jetstream, however, and it's not uncommon to see a fielder camped under a routine pop-up take off running as the wind catches the ball. The field has survived two tornados - although the most recent toppled the distinctive ear of corn-shaped water tower that rises behind the grain terminal. It has since been repaired. Attached Images Last edited by Teflon Skies; 05-08-2003 at 08:25 PM.

05-08-2003, 07:06 PM	#2
Big Willis 16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,616	Once again... AMAZING! I love the sky __________________ A wise man once said "shutup and drink your beer!"

05-08-2003, 07:11 PM	#4
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	Another friggin' nice ball park. Can some show me the ink to teflon skies' site again? __________________

05-08-2003, 07:19 PM	#6
Teflon Skies Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 122	Park Data Here is a link to the exported stadium file. Simply unzip it and place the file into the league folder you wish to use the stadium in and run the import function from the ballpark editor in the league set-up screen Muncipal Export File Here is the bitmap Muncipal Field and the park data: Attached Images

05-08-2003, 07:33 PM	#7
Teflon Skies Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 122	Ballpark Site I am in the process of editing the web site where my ballparks are posted. I'm adding individual data and descriptions - which are not completed yet. Bitmaps are still available for all parks as are the Park.dat and Parkconfig.dat files You can get to my site by simply typing hall-fame.com or www.hall-fame.com in your browser window. Last edited by Teflon Skies; 05-08-2003 at 08:26 PM.

05-08-2003, 07:06 PM	#3
LedgerSko All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,085	nice !! I really like the sky

05-08-2003, 07:12 PM	#5
Kronos Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Northern Ky. Posts: 318	Awesome work

05-08-2003, 08:27 PM	#8
asaintsfan All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Orleans LA Posts: 554	ANother great one - thanks Teflon. I was starting to get the shakes - we haven't had a park for a while!!! NO PRESSURE!!!! __________________

05-08-2003, 08:47 PM	#9
Daballman22 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 23	You do it agian, another great park, I love it. And that sky is awsome. I can't wait to see what you come up with next. __________________ "Today I consider myself the luckiest man, on the face of the Earth."--Lou Gehrig

05-09-2003, 04:16 AM	#10
Dvdmanny Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 77	great work Teflon, now I have to find a team to go with the park

05-09-2003, 04:26 AM	#11
kingfc22 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 651	jaw hit the floor again - great work!!! __________________ GO GIANTS GO NINERS GO LAKERS GO BLUE CUBL - Red Earth Firebirds 2000 CL Central Champs NABL - Washington Senators now Buffalo Bandits

05-09-2003, 08:57 AM	#12
akw4572 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,601	just out of curiosity, shouldn't the avg of lhb and rhb be switched? Seems like the rhb have a whole lot more room to hit to, vs. the lhb.

05-09-2003, 12:13 PM	#13
Teflon Skies Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 122	Ballpark Factors akw4572 - you can change the factors to whatever you like. The factors I listed were generated using the ballpark spreadsheet posted earlier in the forums. I'd assume the bigger dimensions would cause some singles to become doubles and triples in the wider gaps by RH batters but would also cause a lot more deep flies to be caught instead of leaving the park or hitting off the walls. The extreme shortness of RF, however, would basically have the same affect that LF in Fenway has - easy flyouts in other parks become singles and doubles off the wall or homers over it.

05-09-2003, 12:23 PM	#14
akw4572 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,601	ok, great. Thanks teflon.

05-09-2003, 04:07 PM	#15
ZouDave Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 313	bump looks great, as always!! __________________ ZD

05-09-2003, 04:51 PM	#16
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	Great job, TS! I really like that one. Love the corn cob. __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

05-09-2003, 05:38 PM	#17
GForce22 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	HE'S BACK!!! Great work again!! GH

05-09-2003, 05:38 PM	#18
GForce22 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	I just found ConAgra Park in the USBA GH

05-10-2003, 03:04 AM	#19
zyk Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: vegas Posts: 177	someone should make a fictional league using all of teflons AWSOME ball parks..maybe get one of the logo guys to make logos... that would be great! ive been working on doing it... but have had a total of one hour so far this week to devote to ootp... dont have the time needed with school... Finals suck =( Anyways would someone be interested in doing that?

05-10-2003, 05:21 AM	#20
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	I might be able to contribute, if everyone else would like to take the challenge. __________________ Last edited by Cuss16; 05-10-2003 at 06:19 AM.