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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5053664, member: 289"]
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Take a look at Duke Snider's power output from 1958 on to see what happened to left-handed power hitters in the Coliseum:

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I've never understood why baseball has irregular outfield dimensions and why centerfield has to be farther than right and left field. When a batter gets the good wood on the ball, it tends to do to right or left field, not to center. A football field, a hockey rink or a basketball court have standard dimensions, at least at the professional level. Some say it's 'charming  ' that each baseball stadium has different dimensions but is it charming that Felix Mantilla hit 54 home runs in 320 games for the Red Sox and 35 in 620 games for Braves, Mets and Astros combined?

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