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Originally posted by Scott Vibert
(Technically MLB could have ruled that Enron Field is/was illegal by MLB guidelines (it actually is too short down the lines).)
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Wow, I thought I was the only person in the world that cared about this. I went on about this at great lengths (this and my theory that it is impossible for the home team to win by more than 1 run in extra innings) and could never generate much more than blank stares. MLB never responded to my communiques either. The only reasonable answer I could ever come up with (other than that MLB values money over integrity) was that a literal reading of the rule implies that the distance to the FOUL POLE must be 330 feet and that a ballpark is allowed to also factor in the height of the wall in those 330 feet and not just the distance to the wall. This would also apply to Pac Bell's short right field porch. Thoughts?