The Giants are turning the page in every way imaginable. Earlier tonight, they announced the bulk of their new major league coaching staff, and soon after, Henry Schulman tweeted out the new dimensions of Oracle Park following the relocation of the bullpen mounds.
- Left-center field trims down from 404’ to 399’.
- Straightaway center field comes in eight feet from 399’ to 391’.
- The 421’ space that created Mirabelli’s Alley loses six feet to become a San Francisco area code-friendly 415’.
We’ve caught glimpses of these changes here in there in stray tweets the past couple of months —
It appears the Giants are taking bleacher seats out in right-center to make room for new bullpens (also Topgolf at Oracle Park is cool) pic.