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Originally Posted by STL
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.
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Yankee Stadium was a cheap shot if you could hit it right down the lines. Otherwise, in Ruth's day, it was tough to get a ball out of: as built, 460 to left-center, 429 to right-center, 490 straight away (according to what I've read). No place in Comiskey was shorter than 363; it was a notorious pitchers' park.
Tigers Stadium (Briggs Stadium when I was a kid) and Fenway were really good parks to hit in.
Babe Ruth was a much better pitcher than Cecil Fielder.