The original band-box

by Travis G on Aug 24, 2009 7:00 AM EDT in New York Yankees Analysis

The mainstream media has led us to believe the new Yankee Stadium is the smallest, easiest-to-score-in ballpark in the history of athletic events.

However, what we witnessed this weekend shows where the real band-box is. 58 runs were scored in Fenway Park in three games. And we weren't watching bad pitchers either (Brad Penny notwithstanding).

Through Saturday, Fenway was the ninth friendliest offensive park in baseball, allowing 8% more runs than an average park. The new ballpark in the Bronx was a below-average 16th, deflating runs by 14%.

Sure Yankee Stadium has allowed more homers than any other park, but there a lot more to scoring than homeruns.

On top of that, how many right-handed hitters have benefited from playing half their games in Fenway?

Look at the home/road splits of some prominent righty Red Sox:

Jim Rice - .920 OPS at home, .789 on the road. In other words, Hall of Famer at home, Jeff Conine everywhere else.

Dustin Pedroia - .889 at home, .767 (e.g. Alex Ochoa) on the road.

Nomar - .956 at Fenway, .844 on the road.

Mike Lowell - .883 at Fenway, .779 on the road.

So the next time someone says the new Yankee Stadium is a joke, point to the original one up north.

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of course their better at home!

A short fly ball to left field is either a double a single or a homerun! It ridiculous! Almost all of their hits were off of that stupid wall. If we we’re at home again we would have swept them again. The sox are going to continue to struggle on the road because that retarded ballpark covers up their short comings as batters. As soon as they walk into a normal sized park they crumble into the fetal position.

by swanny4eva on Aug 24, 2009 11:22 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

ive always thought this topic was funny,

because if you compare the projected HR numbers in new Yankee Stadium now and the numbers in old Yankee Stadium in 2005, the numbers in 2005 are higher.

I need to find that darn article of where i read that..

by typhical on Aug 24, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions

Maybe there are so many HR's in Yankee Stadium

Is because the team that calls it home has the most homeruns in baseball?

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Aug 24, 2009 12:53 PM EDT reply actions

watching this team

away from the stadium, they still magically have the ability to shoot them out of the park.

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Aug 24, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

its just haters hating

on the yankees like they always do. i doubt if the mets had a good team era this year that anyone would bring up the fact that they built a huge pitchers park. and when the rockies have huge years offensivley people consider it “exciting” and dont take anything away from it even though they play a mile above sea level and the ball carries through their park like a kite in a hurricane.

by On The Yanks of the Rivera on Aug 24, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions