Let me ask the Astros fans a serious question. A lot of the sportscasters were making a huge deal about the hill in center, and how the Sox would have trouble negoiating it. Does the hill and pole come into play all that often? I mean it is over 400 ft to dead center. Would it normally come into play 2 or 3 times in a series or is it just a rare occurance?
It hardly ever is a factor or encountered during the natural course of play. During the NLCS maybe twice, IIRC, and not a problem for either Taveras or Jim ___ (StL CFer)
The hill probably comes into play about once a series. Unless the ball has some lift to allow a good centerfielder to get out there, it just turns home runs into doubles or triples.