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Originally Posted by Ragnar
People tend to forget ballpark fences were further back in many stadiums and the mound was higher.
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Yeah, that short porch in Yankee stadium was such a bear to put the ball over. 285 foot in Left, 295 foot in Right. There are high school fields bigger than that.
Then he played in Comiskey, Fenway, Tiger Stadium.
Babe Ruth is like that fish you caught when no one was with you. The legend just grows a little each year.
He would be Cecil Fielder if he played today.