棒球場全壘打牆設置發展與規劃探討

A research on the development of building and design of home run walls in baseball fields

余成煌

國立臺灣師範大學/運動與休閒學院/體育學系/碩士(1999年)

摘要

本研究之目的，在於探查全壘打牆之設置規劃，以作為棒球場地規劃研究之肇始。本研究以文獻資料閱讀及田野調查之方法，探討有關棒球場地全壘打牆之設置發展與規劃。並以美國的球場概況及史料的依據，作全壘打牆的發展分析與陳述，提供台灣球場的規劃參考。
經本研究的探討發現：
一、 早期的棒球運動沒有飛越式的全壘打。全壘打牆的定名與出現，在於棒球場圍牆之設立和棒球規則的演變共同塑造而成的。
二、 最初的全壘打牆是附屬於圍牆的功能之一，一直到外野設置觀眾席，才有全壘打牆之獨立建造規劃。而全壘打牆之距離、高度、形狀可依照球場的地形及規劃做調整配合。
三、 建造全壘打牆之材質沒有規則性的要求，但要有安全上的考量。
四、 台灣棒球場之全壘打牆具有穩定性的建構模式，缺乏各球場的經營特色。
因此，藉由本研究的發現，全壘打牆之建造是有可塑性的，並在多元化的規劃中帶動球場的經營指標，改變與呈現台灣球場的新風貌。
關鍵詞：全壘打、全壘打牆

並列摘要

The goal of the research is to investigate the building and design of home run walls, and we hope it can initiate the studies concerning the design of baseball fields. The method of the research is literature surveying and field studies about the development of building and design of home run walls in baseball fields. This research also analyzes and states the development of home run walls in American ballparks and in their historical chronicles, and we hope it can provide some reference for the design of Taiwanese ballparks.
The findings of this research are as following：
1. There were not over-the-fence home runs in the early years of baseball sports. The naming and appearance of home run walls are formed with the erection of ballpark fence and the changes of baseball rules.
2. The first home run walls are one of the functions subordinated to the fence. There are no building and design of home run walls until the audience seats were placed in the outfield. The height and the shape of home run walls and the distance between the home run wall and the home plate can be adjusted according to the terrain and design of the baseball park.
3. There is no prescriptive request concerning the materials to erect the home run wall. However, there must be a consideration about safety.
4. There is a stabile building model in the home run walls of Taiwanese ballparks and a lack of managerial characteristics belonging to different ballparks.
Therefore, our research finds that there is ductility in the building of home run walls and it is possible to promote managerial goals of ballparks through multiple designs and to change and express a whole new look in Taiwanese ballparks.

Key words：home run, home run walls

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