After receiving complaints from the big bats in the lineup, the Minnesota Twins took the paintbrush to the center-field batters’ eye, but for now the trees will remain. We’re sure Carl Pavano and Scott Baker are thrilled with this.
After receiving complaints from the big bats in the lineup, the Minnesota Twins took the paintbrush to the center-field batters’ eye, but for now the trees will remain. We’re sure Carl Pavano and Scott Baker are thrilled with this.
The issue: some batters, including Michael Cuddyer, felt the batters’ eye at Target Field was the wrong shade of green, making it hard to put up the ball out of the pitcher’s hand. So the Twins decided to darken the batters’ eye over the All-Star break, giving it a darker, flatter finish.
Since then, the Twins have been on an offensive tear — though most of the team’s games have been played on the road.
Still to be addressed: the complaint that the spruce trees are too distracting, especially on a windy night. Not sure whether they’ll survive; the Seattle Mariners had a similar issue in Safeco Field before decided to tear out all the trees in the batters’ eye.
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