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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Some trivial questions.
Message-ID: <542@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 13:40:23 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 13:40:23 1985
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Three things I've wondered about for a while:

1.  Are there any minimum or maximum dimensions for an official
    major-league ballpark?  Must the shape (I'm thinking of the
    outfield walls--I'm sure the two lines at 90 degrees are
    essential) be smooth or even convex?  Is there some formal
    certification procedure?

2.  What's the record for the number of pitches thrown during
    one official at-bat?

3.  Warning--this one is really silly.  I was trying to think of
    what the inverse of hitting for the circuit would be, and
    decided on flying out to each of the 9 positions (would take
    a pretty long game).  Has any player ever done this?
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