When the Angels announced in February that they were lowering the right-field home run boundary in their stadium to eight feet, they said the 18-foot wall would remain the same but with an eight-foot-high yellow line painted across it to mark the new home run height.
That should eliminate some confusion over home run balls that carom off the scoreboard and onto the field and reduce the number of replay reviews that a solid fence with an eight-foot-high yellow line might have necessitated.
Center fielder Mike Trout is excited about the new wall, which runs from slightly to the right of straightaway center field to the outfield gate in right, but not just because it will allow the athletic and acrobatic defender to make a few more spectacular catches above the fence.