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Major League Baseball has approved the Padres’ request to shorten the distance to right-center – a change that will knock 11 feet off the distance to the deepest point of the right-field power alley.
The change will be accomplished by bringing in the see-through fence in front of the “beachers” in right-center.
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“We did some computations which showed the change would have resulted in perhaps a dozen more homers last season with a net positive of around five homers for the Padres,” said Sandy Alderson, the club’s CEO.
via SignOnSanDiego.com > San Diego Padres — Padres get OK to move in right-center wall.
The 2006 Padres won the NL West at 88-74.
They lost to the Cardinals in the NLDS.
The Cardinals won both games played in Petco park (5-1 and 2-0). Albert Pujols of the Cardinals hit the only home run in those two games.
