As Mets fans we can try to deny that Citi Field isn't too big and that the park got in David Wright's head not the actual dimensions themselves. I don't know what the truth is, I know some players hit bombs out of the park, while the entire Met team both home and away was the worst power hitting team in the league.It seems like the place plays tougher to righties then lefties and I'd like to see the left field wall which is two panels high be lowered to a one panel height ( where the seem is in the picture). This would allow hard hit line drives to make it out of the park while giving a better view to those very expensive seats. But preception is reality and whether the park is too big or not it has the reputation of being one. This is the third seperate reference this early into the off-season in which someone has called Citi Field "Death Valley" for righties.Here's my concern, if this is the preception then we're either going to over pay the top right handed players to come here (...
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