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CBS News
2 days ago
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- CBS News
Denver's Ballpark General Improvement District hires new leader from Chicago Cubs' Wrigleyville
The Ballpark General Improvement District surrounding Coors Field in Denver began its ambassador program three months ago after businesses and residents chose to tax themselves to fund the GID. Its role is to help make the area safer and cleaner for residents and visitors. Now, the district has a new leader with a new vision. The search for its first executive director was national, but in a sea of more than 350 applicants it was a Ballpark neighborhood resident who got the job. Kate McKenna's first day was Wednesday but is already looking at ways to expand their efforts. Mckenna also lives in the area and has already seen an enormous change over the last three months. "The amount of what I call linger longer; people, positive loitering, the cleanliness, the friendliness, has just been tenfold," said McKenna. Kate McKenna CBS McKenna moved to the area from Chicago a year ago and was excited about the opportunity to lead the improvement efforts as the first executive director. "Strategically, we're looking for clean, green, and safe as our main initiatives. And I would say that my role is going to be pivotal in being the administration behind that, making sure that the promises are met, that the accountability is there, and that we maintain focus while bringing the community together. Really a liaison of sorts." She previously worked with the improvement district surrounding Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs play, and will lean on their success as inspiration. Her hope is that more people will be drawn to the area year-round by supporting the neighborhood's culture and business. CBS "We do have that sort of heart and culture here, beyond just the MLB team. I think being able to replicate some of their successes by making sure that we're advocating and patronizing the small businesses before and after and during the games, if you earn a ticket holder, is really what's going to keep us in that forward momentum." The area could get a more colorful makeover in the future. "My personal desire is to paint everything," she said. "It's a very accessible and very positive change for any neighborhood. Even if it's just project-by-project basis, you're going to see a lot of new and exciting things in the area."
Forbes
27-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Sutter Health Park, Globe Life Field Among Most Extreme MLB Parks
Fans arrive at Sutter Health Park for a baseball game between the Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, ... More Monday, March 31, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) No matter how one calculates park factors, certain things never change. Coors Field always ranks among the most hitter-friendly and Seattle's T-Mobile Park and Kansas City's Kauffman Field rank among the most pitcher-friendly parks. Most publicly available park factors use a three-year time period - I have found that one-year's worth of data is quite sufficient when utilizing a batted ball-based method. In fact, around this time of year I use interim data to pick up any emergent trends. Yes, less than two months is needed to get meaningful information. Sure, there's plenty of weather noise in the mix, but it's pretty easy explainable. Run scoring is affected by plenty of other factors beyond ballparks - the composition of the baseball is key, as is the prevailing weather around the country, particularly in areas with variable climates, like the nation's midsection, the mid-Atlantic and northeast. For instance, I can tell you from firsthand experience what a cold, windy spring this has been in the midwest, and my mom can tell you what a beautiful spring they had in the mid-Atlantic. My interim park factors reflect all of this. And there is one other huge piece of breaking news - Coors Field doesn't have much on the Athletics' Sutter Health Park when it comes to inflating run-scoring. While warm weather parks tend to have high park factors early in the season (this is a zero-sum game, after all, and the colder parks have low ones), the A's new digs' numbers are a solid bet to hold up over a full season. So here are some of the conclusions one can draw based on the interim park factors calculated through games of May 18: I can't say that I didn't expect the A's new home to be hitter-friendly, but I certainly didn't expect this. Sutter Health Park's 163.8 Fly Ball Park Factor is easily the highest in the game in the early stages of the 2025 season. Thus far, 68.0% of 105+ mph, 30.3% of 100-105 mph, 8.8% of 95-100 mph and 0.9% of 90-95 mph fly balls have been home runs. The A's new digs outdoes those numbers across the board - 81.8% of 105+ mph, 36.4% of 100-105 mph, 12.5% of 95-100 mph and 2.9% of 90-95 mph fly balls have left the yard. And it's not just the longball (124 homer park factor, 3rd in MLB), either - its 125 doubles park factor (2nd) matches up almost exactly. At the end of the day, it's a pretty safe bat that Sutter Health Park will join Coors Field and perhaps Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park (more on it later) in MLB's most hitter-friendly tier. The mid-Atlantic parks in Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore have all inflated run-scoring in the early going, with Oriole Park at Camden Yards putting up the most eye-catching numbers. 86 homers had already been hit there through May 18, but park factors are based on a whole lot more than actual numbers. Its 129 homer park factor ranks 1st in the majors, and like Sutter Health, its homer percentage exceeds the league average across all fly ball exit speed buckets, with 78.7% of 105+ mph, 40.7% of 100-105 mph, 12.9% of 95-100 mph and 1.6% of 90-95 mph fly balls leaving the yard. Hitters are batting a lusty .389 AVG-1.144 SLG on fly balls in Baltimore, compared to an MLB average of .309 AVG-.806 SLG. That's way more than damage than in any MLB park, and is due even more to the inefficacy of O's pitching as it is to the strength of their hitters. Only in Toronto has the ball been hit harder on average in the air. The most hitter-friendly third of the interim park factor list is otherwise filled with old standbys (Coors Field, Citizens Bank Park) and warm-weather parks (Dodgers Stadium, Angel Stadium, Chase Field) that will likely drift down the list a bit once the weather warms throughout the rest of the country. The home of the Diamondbacks is notorious for inflating doubles and triples substantially, and is doing so early in 2025, with 133 and 141 park factors for those types of base hits. Globe Life Field, the home of the Texas Rangers, has unexpectedly stepped forward as one of the game's most pitcher-friendly parks of late. Its 77.9 park factor through May 18 ranks dead last among the 30 MLB parks, its 65.2 fly ball park factor ranks 29th and its 80 homer park factor ranks 27th. While its 68.6% homer rate on 105+ mph fly balls is almost exactly league average, it falls way short on 100-105 mph (18.1%) and 95-100 mph (6.7%) fly balls. And it's not just the homers - its 73 doubles park factor currently ranks 30th and dead last. Though the temperature is quite variable in spring in the Dallas metro, partially explaining the dearth of run-scoring, Globe Life also sported low 92.9 overall and 90.6 fly ball park factors in 2024. Expect this park to get out of the cellar as the weather warms, but evidence is gathering that this is a pitcher's park by any measure. Very little damage is being done in the air on the South Side of Chicago at Guaranteed Rate Field. Hitters are batting only .233 AVG-.637 SLG there on fly balls, though based on exit speeds they SHOULD BE hitting .324 AVG-.848 SLG. Its 54.5 fly ball factor is one of the lowest I've ever seen, interim or otherwise, and its 81.8 overall park factor ranks 29th. Cold weather has played a huge role - 59.0% of 105+ mph, 20.4% of 100-105 mph and 5.7% of 95-100 mph flies have left the yard, good for an 80 homer park factor, fractionally ahead of Globe Life in 26th place in MLB. Its matching 80 doubles park factor ranks 27th. Guaranteed Rate has tended to be a fairly neutral park overall, which will give you homers while squeezing hitters in other ways. It too will likely bounce toward the middle of the pack once the weather warms. Other surprises in the more pitcher-friendly half of the list include Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park and Boston's Fenway Park. Both have been affected by cold, offense-depressing weather in the early going. The Reds' home park has battled Coors Field for the title of the most hitter-friendly park in MLB in recent years, as it is a home run shooting gallery. Not when it's this cold and rainy, though. In 2024, Great American had a 117.6 overall and 125.6 fly ball park factor - thus far in 2025, it stands at 95.9 and 98.8. Fenway inflates doubles like no other MLB park - but the ball hasn't been hard enough, often enough thus far for the Green Monster to really matter. Fenway had a 106.8 overall and 121.5 fly ball park factor in 2024, but those marks stand at 97.3 and 93.9 thus far in 2025. Look for both of these parks to show their true character as the weather warms. Overall and fly ball batted ball-based park factors for 2024 and through 5/18/2025 can be found at this link. They are listed in descending order of 2024 fly ball park factor.
Fox News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Rockies fan files lawsuit against MLB team, claims to have suffered injuries due to club's lackluster output
The Colorado Rockies dropped the final game of a three-game series against the New York Yankees at Coors Field on Sunday. The Rockies have now lost eight of their last 10 games. Colorado's 9-44 record represents the worst win-loss record in the MLB. Furthermore, the Rockies' start to the 2025 season is historically bad. The team had already secured the worst 50-game start in modern major league history. While many Rockies fans are likely disappointed by the team's rough season, one supporter has decided to take legal action. The fan, identified as Timothy Roeckel, claims to have sustained serious injuries while attending a game at the Rockies' home ballpark in July 2023. CBS News Colorado reported that Roeckel said he was struck in the face by a foul ball. He was inside a Coors Field "luxury box" at the time. At least one of Roeckel's eyes and his face suffered "catastrophic and permanent injuries," the lawsuit stated. He claimed a stadium design flaw contributed to him being unable to see the foul ball as it was coming in his direction. Roeckel highlighted some architectural elements which he claimed played a role in the alleged design issues. More specifically, an overhang allegedly creates a limited view as it relates to objects that are moving from the field and towards the stands. The lawsuit also pointed to Coors Field's netting, asserting that the protective material did not adequately extend throughout the ballpark. However, those were not the only grievances the fan had. The lawsuit also took issue with the Rockies' "longstanding poor performance on the field [has] contributed to a game-day environment in which spectators, particularly those in luxury suites, are less engaged with the action on the field." The Rockies have not celebrated a winning season since 2018. Last year, the Chicago White Sox's 121 losses set the MLB record. The Rockies remain on pace to break that undesirable record. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Yankees Notes: Offense produces 10-pack of runs at Coors Field, Max Fried continues to make history
It didn't take long for the Yankees to shrug off Friday's humiliating loss to the historically awful Rockies. They corrected those wrongs by resembling the far superior team less than 24 hours later. Those who visited Coors Field with hopes of witnessing a two-game winning streak from one of the worst clubs ever assembled in MLB's modern era were disappointed. Reality set back in on Saturday, as the Yankees produced a mammoth 10-run inning en route to a 13-1 drubbing of the lowly Rockies. Advertisement With the score knotted at 1-1 entering the fifth, New York proceeded to send 14 batters to the plate, and the offensive eruption featured seven hits, three walks, and one error. Ironically, the monstrous rally ended with a strikeout of Aaron Judge, who drew first blood just 10 pitches into the game with his 18th home run of the season. Each player in the Yankees' lineup registered a hit, and the trio of Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, and DJ LeMahieu logged three knocks apiece. New York totalled a season-high 21 hits, and the fifth-inning barrage also marked the Yankees' first season with multiple 10-run frames since 2009. "It just started to snowball. We had a few games here where the offense had been held down," Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters after the win. "To have a breakout inning like that was really good to see. Just a lot of really outstanding at-bats that inning. Today was just a really good example of a snowball inning... Coming off four or five days where we hadn't scored a bunch, to break out like that, was nice." Pitching to the Max While only one-third of the season is in the books, Max Fried has been earning every penny of the record-breaking contract he signed in free agency this past offseason. The veteran lefty once again resembled an ace, completing 7.1 innings of one-run ball with seven strikeouts and two pickoffs. He also lowered his season ERA to a league-best 1.29 and threw an economical 83 pitches. Advertisement Fried also made some history of his own. According to Sarah Langs, the southpaw's laudable ERA is the lowest by a Yankee in his first 11 starts of a season since earned runs became an official stat, back in 1913. The immense pressure to lead New York's rotation with Gerrit Cole sidelined for all of 2025 hasn't fazed Fried. The pinstripes clearly aren't too heavy for him. "The elements are different [at Coors Field]. It's more about making pitches and making sure you're executing those pitches," Fried explained. "Because the ones that hang and are left over the plate really can beat you. It's really about making sure you're staying on top of it... We're in a good position to win games, that's all I can really control. Everything else is nice, but for me, when I take the ball, I really just want us to win. That's been my main goal." Langs also noted that Fried -- who now owns an AL-best seven wins -- has the fourth-lowest ERA for a pitcher through their first 11 starts with a new franchise over the last 30 seasons. His next challenge will come against the reigning champion Dodgers at Chavez Ravine next weekend. Striking Gold against lefties Goldschmidt's placement atop the Yankees' lineup on Saturday was calculated and predictable. Entering the game, the veteran first baseman had a stellar .538 average with nine extra-base hits against left-handers this season (48 plate appearances), and the Rockies' starter was -- surprise! -- southpaw Kyle Freeland. Advertisement In the leadoff spot, Goldschmidt went 3-for-4 with an RBI single, two runs scored, and a walk. His season average now sits at .344 -- third-best in the majors -- and a change of scenery has undoubtedly rejuvenated the 37-year-old slugger. "I know the last couple games we hadn't scored that much. I feel like yesterday we had a lot of chances," Goldschmidt said. "Same thing today, those first few innings, we had a bunch of people on base and then some double plays. So I think the mindset is, just continue to have good at-bats and know there could be a big inning or a lot of small innings. Fortunate to get all of those runs there."
Yahoo
25-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Colorado Rockies game no. 53 thread: Will Warren vs. Antonio Senzatela
Antonio Senzatela (1-8, 6.34 ERA) enters his 11th start of the season on Sunday as the MLB leader in hits surrendered at 84. That could make for a dangerous matchup for the Rockies (9-43) as they host the Yankees (31-20), who lead MLB in homers (86), on-base percentage (.346) and are No. 8 in hits (456 vs. No. 29 Rockies at 378) in the series finale at Coors Field. Senzatela is coming off one of his better starts of the season when he only gave up four runs, despite the Phillies recording 10 hits, with three strikeouts and one walk in six innings in a 7-4 loss. Advertisement New York's 25-year-old RHP Will Warren (3-2, 4.05 ERA) will also be making his 11th start of the season on Sunday. He's struck out 60 batters, walked 18 and given up four homers in 46 2⁄ 3 innings. Warren faced the Rockies once last season and Colorado hit him hard, scoring six runs in the first three innings to earn a 9-2 victory at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 24. The Rockies-Yankees series is the 17th series of the season for Colorado, who is still looking for its first series win and could achieve it with a victory today. The Denver Metro Area got a decent amount of rain Saturday afternoon and throughout the night, leaving soggy conditions on Sunday. There is a marginal chance for thunderstorms, and possibly hail, on Sunday. First Pitch: 1:10 p.m. MDT Advertisement TV: Radio: KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM; KNRV 1150 (Spanish) Lineups: More from
