If Mets want home runs, change the personnel

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | Print Entry

Posted by Eric Karabell

We've got breaking news from the Big Apple, where apparently New York Mets management has decided the team didn't hit enough home runs in 2009. This isn't surprising. Well, now the team has done something about it. Have the Mets traded for Ryan Howard? Moved the ballpark to Denver? No, but this shocking development, courtesy the New York Daily News, should solve everything, right? Right?!?

    "The height of Citi Field's center-field wall will be sliced in half, making the ballpark more homer-friendly. Last season, the wall measured 16 feet in front of the sparsely used Home Run Apple. Now, with the second level of padding being removed, it will measure eight feet in the middle of the outfield."

 
 

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    Eric Karabell is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He has covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast, is seen several times a week on ESPNEWS and contributes to ESPN The Magazine. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, and his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007.

    Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors all Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.

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