ask any earlier Mariner of note, ie Junior, Buhner, A-rod, Edgar, etc. if they ever "adjusted" for the distances. Ask Ichiro why he's a singles hitter in this park (but then again, also everywhere). I think your interview isn't a fair comparison with other hitters, but you never know....

Its funny how opposing teams have no problem hitting the ball out of Safeco. The other night the Angels hit three out, I remember a game earlier in the season where the Angels put three out in one inning against Felix. The Yankees and Rangers absolutly mash here. The problem is not the ballpark but the horrible players the Mariners have been putting in it for the last seven years.

Spend some money on good players. If the m's had a $200 million payroll they'd win and people would go watch them. I'm not going to Safeco so I can buy $9 coors lights and watch the opposing team put on a baseball clinic for the M's night after night. I'd rather pee on an electric fence, listen to frank shiers, or watch soccer. All of which are equally painful imo.

this year so far: 67 games at home, 66 games on the road. 75 homeruns hit outside of Safeco against the M's, 50 homeruns hit by the opposing team at Safeco with one more game played. On a down power year for every mariner player, we have hit 29 homeruns at home, and 53 on the road. We hit more HR's on the road. Other teams hit more homeruns against us on the road. It's common sense, the park affects power. This type of difference isn't only this year ya know. We have been hitting historically bad this year, and we still are only 20 homeruns behind the opposition on the road or at home. Which means if we get a 40+ homerun hitter we'd be about even! Good news! We're only one player away! Trade the farm Bavasi! Go for it in 2011!!! It's amazing how fans overreact by seeing 3 run homerun games hit against us at the safe, but over the course of a season it evens out. Safeco is a righty power killer and it's common sense to use that information or at least let the fans know about it. Really interesting to hear how players and coaches etc react to the REALITY of Safeco Field. Doesn't mean we have to move in the fences, we do need better players obviously. But we can avoid the Bavasi mistakes of gathering power righties with low to average contact numbers in a stadium that destroys them historically.

Salk, you love baseball almost as much as you're co-host loves Matthew Hasselbeck. Unfortunately baseball doesn't hold the promise of a future male/male relationship like Brock hopes for himself and Matthew. Sorry, BTW you're way off on that Big Toe thing. Did your friends think that was cool or something. You're better than that.

If we move in the fences the M's relative HR quotient -vs- American League at Safeco doesn't change. We need to rebuild the team, not the stadium. The M's need to decide if they're building a climax team to compete now, or rebuilding a team that can manufacture runs at Safeco Field. The muddled approach demonstrated in this year's roster development is the central issue facing the M's.

Illmil's statistics make sense to me. I don't understand why management didn't listen to departed great Mariners hitters who asked for the fence to be moved. I do understand that they are gone and that they left because ofr the fence. It must make attracting long ball hitters difficult when they can play at home in ballparks that favor their power instead. It also limits game strategies. Smallball works best against teams with weak defenses. Doesn't it make sense to implement a longball strategy against good defensive teams? I want the fence moved in. Then build a team to play in a better park.

Another speculation. when the roof is open, sunny summer/fall weather, the wind usually blows in from the north down the Third baseline. wouldn't that make the long fencec even longer and harder to reach. When weather is bad, it come out of the south, but then the roof is often closed. So there is no offset when hitting to left field. My suggestion: Move the fence in left field in about 15 feet.