Bullpen Carts are back

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:23 pm

Are they really going to go across the grass or will they stay on the warning track?

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:50 pm

474C44484D4C571214635A424B4C4C0D404C230 wrote: Are they really going to go across the grass or will they stay on the warning track?
My recollection is that the cart stayed on the warning track all the way around the field and did not go on the grass. I'm pretty sure the Orioles did it that way. Also, it seems the carts disappeared about the same time fields were turning to artificial turf, which could have withstood the cart more than grass could.

johnfluharty · Post by **johnfluharty** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:27 pm

We should do this so our pitchers are less likely to pull a hamstring or twist an ankle on the way to the mound.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:39 pm

464D45494C4D561315625B434A4D4D0C414D220 wrote: Why did they go away? Did someone get hurt? Or . . .?
I recall how some pitchers wouldn't use them. Either to "make an entrance" or to clear their heads during the walk. More and more pitchers started refusing the cart. Not sure, but maybe that's why they discontinued it.

I always thought because turf went away. Most fields are grass.

one of the first, if not the first team to use carts was the Mets at Shea Stadium.

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:58 pm

Does Jared Hughes cart go super fast?

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:03 pm

2229212D2829327771063F272E2929682529460 wrote: Does Jared Hughes cart go super fast?

And does jumps over the foul line

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:20 pm

Also, weren't most bullpens on the foul lines? Now, they seem to be mostly in the outfield. That's a big loop if staying on the warning track the whole time.

I actually liked the two minute rule. Is that still in effect with the carts?

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:39 pm

I think they should drop them in with a jetpack

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:45 pm

596B67677341626B66636C6B0A0 wrote: I think they should drop them in with a jetpack
Sounds reasonable. Although a strong wind gust could put them in the river at PNC.

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:47 pm

5E737E6F68796E2E2D1C0 wrote: I think they should drop them in with a jetpack
Sounds reasonable. Although a strong wind gust could put them in the river at PNC.

It could be a new "In-game entertainment" contest . . .