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Mythbusters: Citi Field Kills Homeruns
This'll be a quick one. We don't actually know yet whether Citi Field will generally suppress homeruns, runs, hits, or inflate any or all of those things. Eighty-one games isn't enough to make any long-term assertions with any significant degree of certainty. Coming into the season we thought it...
Josh Fields Remembers How to Hit Homers, Sox Romp Dodgers
The critics who think the White Sox offense is too homer-dependent got some more ammunition on Wednesday night against the Dodgers, as the Sox weren't able to plate a single run without the aid of the longball. Of course when you hit 6 of them, the most in a single game since 2004, and have a few...
Quentin, Konerko, Dye Slug Sox Over Tigers
You can't call the White Sox 10-6 victory over the Tigers boring. There were milestone homers, two of them, back-to-back; an injury at the Sox shallowest position, and a once-every-thousand games pitching performance. To be fair, Gavin Floyd's woeful 7-walk performance isn't that rare. Major...
Hitter's Parks Versus Homerun Hitter's Parks
Yesterday's post about Citi Field versus Shea Stadium got me thinking about homerun parks versus hitter's parks and what kind of correlation exists from one to the other. Unfortunately, my high-level math skills are, much like the clutch hitter, virtually non-existent. I barely know what a...
Citi Field: Where Homeruns Go To Die
Citi Field opens for real in three months, but I feel like we still know very little about it aside from its aesthetics. Dimensionally, we know it'll sport a similar configuration to Shea Stadium, with some variably higher walls and the odd geometric nuance to break from straight symmetry. Ted Berg...
Texans: Swinging for the Fences
In the name of charity and goodwill, the Texans took time to visit the Astros at Minute Maid Park for a round of batting practice. In the now sixth annual Reliant Energy Home Run Derby, the Texans hacked their way to the biggest donation to date, with proceeds going to the Boys and Girls Club of...
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