Talk:Bullpen

Dimensions

Is there a set dimensions for a bullpen?--BigMac1212 (talk) 02:40, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, there are no set dimensions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.74.237.174 (talk) 13:18, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, a proper bullpen would have to accomodate at least two full-sized pitcher's mounds and corresponding home plate layouts (as anything other than regulation size would be counterproductive). The article doesn't mention this. WHPratt (talk) 15:38, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

comment about perception of "bull" in bull pens as holding facilities

One of the entries referring to a bull pen as a holding facility is this:

"In the 1800s, jails and holding cells were nicknamed "bullpens", in respect of many police officers' bullish features – strength and a short temper."

I'm somewhat skeptical of this usage. In my view, the idea of a bull pen comes from the concept of a pen for bulls, not a pen administered by bulls.

The idea of using this term for a pen intended to hold human prisoners, in my view, is one of asserting the futility of resistance. In other words, the pen is alluded to as if it was designed to hold bulls, which are perceived as large, brutish, and mean. If a powerful bull cannot escape from such a pen, then how could a person hope to escape? Thus, the usage psychologically reinforces the purpose of the structure.

Granted, police have sometimes been referred to as bulls. But i expect this is merely incidental.

This is just my opinion after reading about the use of bull pens as holding facilities. I am not recommending any changes in the article on that basis. Richard Myers (talk) 23:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But what about the bullpen?

This article needs information on how a bullpen is used, the different positions in the modern bullpen (closer, setup man...) and how those positions came into being (I hear it was La Russa as A's manager who first started using good pitchers in the bullpen, eg Eckersley, but I don't have documentation). Thmazing (talk) 23:09, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Most of that is covered in the Relief pitcher article. Tad Lincoln (talk) 02:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fair/Foul Territory?

All the bullpens listed in non-playable foul territory are actually in fair territory — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.227.196.117 (talk) 15:33, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if this was the case in the past, but basically every MLB bullpen today is in the outfield, behind the fence other than four parks that have them in foul territory. This is listed in 2 sentences in the article's lead and could be repeated if necessary in the body of the article. Is it really necessary to waste so much space listing every ballpark in the MLB in two lists (outfield bullpens and foul territory bullpens? I think it's not and I'm going to remove it. 99.225.139.21 (talk) 14:48, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]