Matt Slocum, The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies used to play in a decrepit old cigar box of a ballpark called the Baker Bowl. In 1927, the bleachers down the right-field line collapsed on rotting timbers.
Baker Bowl dimensions ran a scant 280 feet down the right-field line, 300 to right-center, 341 to left.
Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies' 21st century home, plays a little sturdier with steel, but it's a similar band box. The walls crunch in on the outfield like a trash compactor.
The Rockies are taking advantage. A day earlier, they airmailed three home runs in a three-run victory.