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crashburnalley.com - 7/14/2008
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Yankee Stadium is 314 feet down the right field line and 318 down the left field line, so there’s a very slight advantage to left-handed hitters. Due to how shallow it is down the lines, line drive hitters will have a bit of an advantage as well.
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With an exception to Guerrero, it appears that there’s some correlation between LD% and winning the Derby.
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