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Old 03-13-2007, 05:38 AM
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SAVS, here are the stadium lights that I was talking about. The ones behind the plate are much taller than the ones outside the outfield. How tall would you say the taller ones are?
Best guess between 100'-120' depending on how far away home plate is from the backstop and how deep it is from the backstop to the actual pole. They need to keep a fly ball in the lights (as much as possible) so the farther the pole is from the field the higher it has to be. The angle of the lights count too to get 120' (up) coverage. That is about 6 stories high. From the look of the complex they spared no expense, who plays there? Don't tell me a high school!