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notsellingjeans said...  Paul, please put yourself in the
imaginary driver's seat of designing your own new stadium if you
would (perhaps Cisco Field, the A's new park).  You have a once-
in-40-years opportunity to create a built-in home field
advantage in building this park.  Given that pitching is such an
expensive, finite resource (because it breaks down and gets hurt
more than hitting does), do you make it a pitcher's park with
deep fences?  Do you make your park as neutral as possible, so
that you don't have to alter your roster significantly to
succeed at home? (i.e. Feeling compelled to start three CFs in a
huge outfield because you can't hide a Jack Cust/-type defender,
or stacking the roster with lefties to capitalize on a short RF
porch - roster constructions which could hinder you on the road
in a drastically different park).  Or do you risk taxing your
pitchers by having a short outfield fences and a more offensive
home environment