AccuWeather conducted a study of Yankee Stadium home runs. They concluded it wasn’t the weather:
The barrage of home runs at new Yankee Stadium is being caused by shorter dimensions, not weather, according to AccuWeather.com. The meteorology company said Tuesday that 20 of the 105 home runs hit at the $1.5 billion ballpark would not have gone out of the old Yankee Stadium.
“For someone attending a game at the new Yankee Stadium or watching on TV, the size of the playing field appears to be the same,” AccuWeather meteorologist Tim Buckley said in a statement Tuesday. “The dimensions at select corners of the field are identical — and the posted numbers on the walls reflect that. However, detailed schematics of the park reveal some nuances that have significant implications.”
Bloggers noticed this earlier in the season.
Posted by David Pinto at 6:23 pm | Stadiums | Permalink | 1 Comment
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