Playing it Fenway is different than playing it rigly field the green monster matters. Boston selects their players in part because they're looking for people who have the natural skills that will exploit the peculiarities of their part. The Yankees had a lot of lefty sluggers right that that racked in the home runs simply because that short porch out on right field and in fact if you you're right matt we don't go back to the record books and say you know half your home runs were 310 feet but you happen to play for the Yankees so we're going to subtract those.
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