Colorado Rockies: How would you change Coors Field’s dimensions?

No. 3 Moving home plate outward

As mentioned in the intro, Rockies ownership has actually considered this idea.

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In the day of three true outcomes taking away some balls in play by increasing foul territory and home runs would actually make the park a bit less hitter-friendly and also take away some balls in play.

It’s not a half bad idea … but there are some negatives.

The seating alignment at Coors Field has all the seats facing the pitcher’s mound. Moving home plate outward would have all the seats at the park facing halfway up the pitcher’s pathway, which is weird.

What’s weirder is what would happen to where the foul poles are placed. The right field one would be halfway out on the out-of-town-scoreboard and the left field one could be more intrusive to the new massive video board.

Given that and the dugouts and cutouts, the overall shape of the stadium would no longer match the field and that would take away some of the mystique of Coors Field.

In terms of in-game play I think this could be massively beneficial to the Rockies who are trying to pitch better at Coors Field. Though, given the past few seasons what we’ve learned is it’s not Coors Field that’s plagued the Rockies on the mound, it’s talent. Now that they have elite pitching talent, games at 20th and Blake have become all that more normal.

So how would you change the dimensions? Let us know below in the comments section.