Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mb2c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!mb2c!mlt From: mlt@mb2c.UUCP (Mark L. Tompkins) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: RE:Re: Some trivial questions Message-ID: <242@mb2c.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 07:13:22 EDT Article-I.D.: mb2c.242 Posted: Fri Aug 16 07:13:22 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 08:36:52 EDT Organization: Michigan Bell, Southfield, MI Lines: 17 >.......................Since then, the minimum fence distance has been >raised, I believe to ~325 feet,........................................ The Kingdome in Seattle is only 316 feet down each line. The "Green Monster" in Fenway is only 315 feet at the foul pole, but I think it more than makes up for the short distance with its height of 43 feet. I remem- ber that Yankee Stadium down the right-field line was less than 300 feet before renovation (297?), and is only 310 now, but goes out quickly. The only distance I ever remember hearing was the aforementioned 250 feet. The rules would have to make exceptions for older ballparks ( anyone care to try and move the Monster?!? ), but I find it hard to believe that the Kingdome was built with those dimensions if the rules dictated otherwise. Maybe it's because the stadium was not originally built for baseball ( were the Seahawks around before 1977? I don't recall...). Anyone got a rulebook handy? Mark Tompkins