The Ballpark Situation

Everyone complains now that there are too many home runs being hit. Granted the art of the homer still awes the crowd, but in certain situations, like the Yankees last year, they are hit too often to the point where you expect to see them rather than it being a spur the moment thing. Is it because of the hitters ability to see and hit the ball better? Is it possible that the pitchers may not be as good as the ones from the past? NO! It’s because the ballparks are too small now. Yes, they players work harder throughout the season and in the weight room, but it goes both ways. Both the hitters and the pitchers work harder and build muscle just about everyday in every year. The problem with the home run now is that it is easier to hit because they are in smaller parks. For instance, the fairly new Citizens Bank Park where the Phillies play is known as a hitters park since it is common to see a home run hit. The left field foul pole is 329 feet from home plate, right field at 330 feet, and the furthest distance from home plate is 409 feet, which is just left of center field. No look at the older parks, the historical parks, such as Ebbits Field where the Brooklyn Dodgers played, before those traitors moved to Los Angels. Not all measures are exact since the park was played in almost one hundred years ago. The original measures from 1913 are 419 to left field, right field at 301, and dead center field at a whopping 477 feet. This does not even include the 20 foot high walls. Yet, Citizens Bank Park has walls that are on average 10 feet tall, at points reaching 14 and change. So you tell me, why do people complain so much about so many home runs being hit when it is their own fault for making the pars so small?