Despite claims by the Yankees that the field dimensions are exactly the same as the old Yankee Stadium, findings by Greg Rybarczyk show that the right field wall is actually 5-10 feet shorter in right field.
Rybarczyk, whose findings were first reported by the Web site WasWatching.com, studied satellite photographs of the 2008 version of the Yankee Stadium field and overlaid them on photographs of the new Yankee Stadium.
He discovered that left field is almost precisely the same (despite another scoreboard there) and center field is a bit deeper than before, but right field is significantly different. To Rybarczyk, the famed short porch is actually shorter.
The Yankees’ president, Randy Levine, declined to be interviewed about the ballpark’s design. But the club has maintained that the field is oriented in the same direction, and that the dimensions and height of the fence are exactly the same as before. That may be true in the areas listed on the fence — in the corners, in front of the bullpens and in center field — but there are no dimensions listed near the scoreboards.
[Tyler Kepner/ NY Times]
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