for long ball hitters. It cuts both ways unfortunately, especially when you have weak pitching.

I read an article about this a couple of years ago. Strikeouts used to be frowned upon. This is where the science comes in. By swinging upwards a bit, it has been found that a player has a better percentage of getting on base than hitting it on the ground between infielders. They are ALL swinging for "it" at every plate appearance. The odds are better getting the ball between three outfielders as compared to five infielders (including the pitcher). Charlie Lau is rolling over in his grave.

About AT&T Park - right field sucks the ball out of that place!

for a homer. Here's a good one that happened on Monday:

Note: Carlos Moncrief was just called up to the majors for the first time and didn't have right field dialed in like Hunter Pence, but he deserves high marks for his rocket arm. Later in the game, he threw a rocket line drive from deep right field directly to third and got the runner out. Bummer, Moncrief has been in the minors for a decade and we've never seen him until now because he's got a weak stick.

AT&T park is definitely a wet dream for left-handed power hitters.