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Mon Jan 2, 2006 7:40 pm

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What about the Right Field foul line distances of 360 on April 12, 1909; and 340 on July 29, 1909? Are these also physically impossible?
 
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Mon Jan 2, 2006 7:39 pm

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What about the Right Field foul line distances of 360 on April 12, 1909; and 340 on July 29, 1909? Are these also physically impossible? Phil Lowry... 		PLowry1176@...
Send Email 		Jan 2, 2006
7:48 pm

Hello, SABR members! I'm sorry for jumping in to a discussion so late, but as a new member, I'm still getting to know everything. Some of you may be familiar...
Andrew G Clem
losclems
Offline Send Email 		Feb 24, 2006
9:08 pm

In the September 28, 1922 Sporting News, TSN complained about the "joke" home runs bouncing from the ground into the low open stands of Shibe Park, and...
KJOK
kjokbaseball
Offline Send Email 		Feb 24, 2006
10:23 pm

... First, I have estimated! the distance down the foul lines as of early 1909 to be 350 feet, rather than 360 feet. If home plate had been any further back,...
rselter
rmselter
Offline Send Email 		Feb 25, 2006
5:45 am

Ron, The details which you are gathering are fantastic. I have a question concerning possible diagrams which we may include. We have Marc Okkonen's, and now...
PLowry1176@...
Send Email 		Feb 25, 2006
6:27 am

Thank you for the detailed clarification, Mr. Selter. I had wondered about the previous measurements of 360 ft. for early 1909, and in fact I have similar...
Andrew G Clem
losclems
Offline Send Email 		Feb 28, 2006
6:05 am

Would the foul line distances in 1909 have been identical or even similar ? The city block was longer S to N than it was W to E. The original Shibe Park had...
storytellerjmc@...
Send Email 		Feb 25, 2006
9:38 pm

Responding to the points raised by Jerome Crosson: In 1909 the LF and RF foul line dimensions were not identical or similar-since the park site was 39 ft...
rselter
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Offline Send Email 		Feb 26, 2006
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