MLB Trade Rumors: Cleveland Indians interested in Oakland’s Brett Lawrie
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December 7, 2015The Cleveland Indians construction staff has been busy thus far through the offseason. While the roster construction has only added Collin Cowgill, the fan experience crew has begun has begun Phase 2 of the Progressive Field renovations.
One of the main goals of Phase 2 is to provide a more open view of the playing field from the home plate through left field concourse. It is a means of modernizing the ballpark without the need to construct a brand new one, as is being done in Atlanta. The Indians and Delaware North Sportservice will look to incorporate more popular local restaurants into the ballpark, similar to those that were part of the Right Field District introduced at the start of the 2015 season: Melt, Barrio, Sweet Moses, Great Lakes Brewing Co. and Dynomite Burgers.
The Indians will also construct a new club located on the ballpark’s main level and behind home plate, providing great views of the action on the field. The club will include a full bar, access to a variety of new concessions options within the space, a customer service center, and a glass front for prime viewing. The club will remain open after games to offer season ticket holders an option to let traffic clear on high-demand games. The club also will significantly improve views of the field for all fans using the main concourse behind the home plate area.
Construction continues to progress at the ballpark, as crews work to open up the main concourse for better views from home plate to the left field line. Eventually, the portion that’s being demolished will include a new club for select season ticket Holders, updated concessions and more.
The crown jewel in this phase of renovations is a state-of-the-art scoreboard to replace the existing one, which was installed at then-Jacobs Field in 2004. The new scoreboard, manufactured and installed by Daktronics, will feature premier high-definition technology for every fan at Progressive Field. It measures 59 feet high by 221 feet wide, amounting to 13,000 square feet of active display area.
The project includes other boards throughout the ballpark which will enhance fans’ experience by providing greater access to statistics, scores from around the league, and improved sound quality. The project also includes a new state-of-the-art sound system to be installed for the 2016 season.
The second phase of renovations will also feature wayfinding consistent with the Right Field District, updated signage, and more team history incorporated throughout Progressive Field, along with the renovation of a select number of suites.
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I am very optimistic. I enjoyed last years renovations a ton and have high hopes for this round.
I completely forgot about phase 2 I can’t wait for season tickets to go on sale! I’m hoping the new scoreboard shoots out jets of beer after each Indians run. Heck who am I kidding I just hope they score some runs for that new scoreboard!
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I’m a bit torn about all these renovations. I loved the bar, but the upper-deck in right field is probably the ugliest thing in the MLB. Only thing worse than having empty seats is covering them up. Which is basically what the Indians did.
I don’t mind. I sit behind the home dugout and pretty much never have occasion to look up there since they got rid of the dancing K kid.
Wasn’t the upper deck suppose to be all painted and pretty?
It looks like Lego blocks to me.
agreed! how did they get shipping containers up there?
They got rid of the dancing K kid?!?
Yeah, was a bummer. Not sure if they still give away the Circle K polar pops when the Indians get more than 6k either.
My question is, why did Michael put his byline on a lightly-edited Indians press release? Much of this is word-for-word what I got in my e-mail this morning from the Indians.
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Yes, simply passing information along here. I truly don’t care about credit on these, but our publishing tool needs an author.
In most cases, even with headlines, I attempt to give a new way to look at it along with additional information (see Jacob’s headlines on Napoli & Lawrie today). However, in this particular case, the information given is the only thing of substance to pass along.
I understand. I come from a traditional journalism background, working at newspapers where we didn’t put a byline on something unless we actually wrote it. If your publishing tool requires an author, it would be nice if you could designate between “written by” and “posted by,” or even if you used the generic “staff” designation that some sites use. Mostly this is me being an old curmudgeon bemoaning the current state of internet news. Get off my lawn!