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04-22-2009, 07:40 AM
Living Dream of a Jet Stream
The new Bronx ballpark yielded 20 homers in a four-game series with Cleveland.
"I'm not a mathematician, but that's a ridiculous pace," Oakland starter Dallas Braden said. "I can't imagine that will hold up, but if it does, any word on if they'll get a humidor in here? I'm sure the Yankees' pitchers wouldn't mind."
"It's crazy," A's shortstop Orlando Cabrera said. "They say there's a wind tunnel out there that's causing it - and that when they tear down the old stadium, it will be even worse.”
The 20 homers are easily the high for the first four games at a major-league park, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, topping the 16 when Oakland started the 1996 season at Cashman Field in Las Vegas, and Cashman normally is a minor-league ballpark.
-susan slusser, san francisco chronicle staff writer, tuesday, 21 april 21 2009
slusser’s article can be found here (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/21/SPVO175MAV.DTL&hw=yankee+stadium&sn=001&sc=1000)
The new Bronx ballpark yielded 20 homers in a four-game series with Cleveland.
"I'm not a mathematician, but that's a ridiculous pace," Oakland starter Dallas Braden said. "I can't imagine that will hold up, but if it does, any word on if they'll get a humidor in here? I'm sure the Yankees' pitchers wouldn't mind."
"It's crazy," A's shortstop Orlando Cabrera said. "They say there's a wind tunnel out there that's causing it - and that when they tear down the old stadium, it will be even worse.”
The 20 homers are easily the high for the first four games at a major-league park, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, topping the 16 when Oakland started the 1996 season at Cashman Field in Las Vegas, and Cashman normally is a minor-league ballpark.
-susan slusser, san francisco chronicle staff writer, tuesday, 21 april 21 2009
slusser’s article can be found here (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/21/SPVO175MAV.DTL&hw=yankee+stadium&sn=001&sc=1000)