ESPN's Tristan Cockcroft gave out ballpark power rankings in an effort to see which ballparks lend themselves to more extra-base hits. Minute Maid Park was 13th...
Remember when the Astros' home ballpark once earned the nickname "Ten-Run Field"? Today it's almost entirely a neutral ballpark, with its lone advantage provided to right-handed power hitters (112 homer index from 2007-09). It makes sense, as the "Crawford Boxes" stand 315 feet down the left-field line, a perfect target for righty sluggers.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
