Is Citizens Bank Park Really a Hitters Park?
“,”body”:” The baseball world is in a little bit of a lull right now, but fear no more! Christian is here to save the day.\r\n Today on the MLB rumor mill, some tiny rumors came out that the World Series champion Phillies are \”talking\” with pitchers Derek Lowe and A.J. Burnett.\r\n The Phillies also reportedly talked to the White Sox about Jermaine Dye, but the price is very high. I’d be surprised to see something happen there.\r\n Are any of these deals all that likely to happen? Who knows? Only time will tell.\r\n But that’s not the main point of this article.\r\n When I heard this news, I had a conversation with someone about why a pitcher would want to come to Philadelphia.\r\n As we all know, many people see Philadelphia as a bad pitcher’s destination, but we found that not true.\r\n The person I had this conversation with agreed with me that Philadelphia is an overrated hitter’s park. By that, I mean it really doesn’t favor towards hitters as much as people think.\r\n To prove
