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From: ogre@mhuxl.UUCP (LO COCO)
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Subject: Re: Ball parks and their teams (Yanks)
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Date: Mon, 20-May-85 08:03:10 EDT
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> > 	I also dislike seeing stadiums "cloned" from city to city.  It's more
> > fun watching teams built for their home park.  Please don't ever take away
> > Fenway or Wrigley.
> > 
> > 					Dave Van Handel

	Let it be said again; for it makes for exciting home team baseball!
 
> 	Don't forget Yankee Stadium.  It still has its "death valley" in the
> left-center/center field area.  Before it was renovated, the longest distance
> to the wall from the plate was something like 463 feet!  The wall down the
> right field line was around 291 feet!  Ah, yes... the distinct shape of Yankee
> stadium is a characteristic that I wish they didn't alter,although it still is
> similar.  

	And let us Yankee fans not forget the rival Dodgers and Cardinals of
years ago with manicured baselines for excellent bunters and runners like
Wills and Brock. Speed baseball!; as Mr. S is trying to install in New York.
He should not forget the dimensions of his ballpark and keep a roster loaded
with a few more lefty power hitters.
 
> 	I agree with Dave about the fun in watching teams being built for their
> ball park.  I've always been a Yankee fan (not necessarily a Steinbrenner fan,
> but always a Yankee fan) 
 
	I'd like to reiterate that statement: ALWAYS a Yankee fan; not 
necessarily a Steinbrenner fan, although I can't help sometimes giving the
man credit for some of the things he does to light a fire under the team
members. But before I get many flames from all of the net members, I will
say, if he continues to light fires as such, he will probably burn the team.

> 	Oh, well ... someone talk about the Yankees once in a while.

	It will be my pleasure Dan!
 
> P.S.- Phil Rizzuto should be in the Hall of Fame.

	How Phil has not been elected to the Hall all of these years can
only make me believe he must have made a lot of enemies. I honestly believe if
you look at his career stats and performance over the years and let us not
forget his contribution to baseball as a bunting coach and announcer (oh well
he is slightly! prejudice for which team he roots for), you can't deny the
man the rightful place he deserves at Cooperstown. I'm looking for feedback
on this subject from all you fans that are more neutral about this.
I, for one, will not try to say that I'm not biased about this topic. 

GO! YANKEES!
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