In article <v7ns24de5benrtvj4148vvggbs2thqha9s@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
M C Hamster <davolson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >Another theory here in the blogosphere:
> >
> >http://www.bobcongdon.net/blog/2004/06/out-in-left-field.html
> >
> >"...in older ball parks, left field was deeper than right field; that
the
> >left fielder must play farther back when the batter is right-handed."
> >
> >And I *think* right-handed batters were more prevalent back
then...which
> >is probably why they'd make left field deeper than right.
> >
> >But I dunno.
>
> I would have guessed that it was simply related to the connotation of
> left-handedness as being unusual, and even sinister.
Well, in Baker Bowl, where the Phillies played from 1887-1938, it was
341 feet to left but only 280 feet to right.
The same is true of Ebbets Field (originally was 419 feet to left and
301 to right) and others.
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