The San Francisco Giants already possess a notable home-field advantage because of the unique layout at AT&T Park. For Game 3 of the World Series, it appeared the grounds crew was looking to give them an even greater advantage by watering down the infield to an almost excessive level in an attempt to slow down the Kansas City Royals enormous speed advantage on the bases. In the end, it would become more of an afterthought than an advantage after the Royals won the game 3-2 and grabbed a 2-1 series lead, but the overly-saturated infield dirt was easily noticed and its effects were often discussed during the early innings. Giants grounds crew spent entire October water allotment on the infield; I just saw a sea lion surface to Panik's right — Ray Ratto (@RattoCSN) October 25, 2014 Pretty cool that McCovey Cove was relocated in about 400 feet for this game — Bryan Kilpatrick ⚾ (@purplerowBK) October 25, 2014 Giants grounds crew trying to turn the dirt into mud to slow the Royals. Cain and Dyson still flying home to first in under 4.0 seconds. — Ben Badler (@BenBadler) October 25, 2014 The grounds crew here cleaning up the over-watered infield between innings....
Gamesmanship on! Giants water down infield in effort to slow down Royals
Published October 24, 2014 at 10:40 PM
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