After some deep outs from J.D. Martinez, the ballpark dimension debate is back on.
Its an interesting concept when thought about in relation to other sports. Every major league baseball team gets to design their home field dimensions in whatever manner they want. Can you imagine this being the case in any other sport? The Joe Louis backboards ending right next to the goal. The Lions making their field 200 yards so that they could highlight their best player Jason Hanson. Absolutely inconceivable.
In baseball, unique stadium dimensions is just another quirk of the sport, like the DH or the All Star game providing home field advantage.