My understanding is that the fences are still the same at RFK. In its
era, DC/RFK Stadium was in the middle of the pack in yielding HRs. Now,
the majority of parks are band boxes, much easier to hit it out (thus,
the big increase in homers in the '90s -- plus steroids, of course)

art.wilson wrote:

> Can anybody tell me ... how are the RFK dimensions now compared to
> 1970s when Hondo played there? Is it tougher to homer there now,
> about the same??
>
> Art
> >
> >
> >---- Original Message ----
> >From: andysharp@...
> >To: thewashingtonsenators@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: RE: [The Washington Senators] First place
> >Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 05:32:11 -0000
> >
> >> All my years as a Senators fan make me fear that the sudden and
> >>seemingly easy success of the Nationals might spoil the new fans,
> >ala
> >>Milwaukee when the Braves moved there and quickly won two pennants.
> >I
> >>know DC is a much bigger market, so I hope this model isn't
> >repeated.
> >>But the Nats have seem to win ALL the close ones and when they lose,
> >>it's by a good enough margin that you don't pull your hair out. It's
> >>almost surreal.
> >>
> >> And Chad Cordero. Oh my lord! A lock for the All Star team, he
> >would
> >>have just one blown save if it weren't for a bad throw by Guzman
> >with
> >>2 outs in the 9th. (OK, so he did load the bases with nobody out --
> >he
> >>still would have gotten out of it.)
> >>
> >> I just hope Guillen doesn't go crazy over all the home runs RFK is
> >>costing him.
> >>
> >> But geez, is this unreal or what!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Yahoo! Groups Links
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> >>
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