Sitting 314 feet away from home plate, the fencing at the right field foul pole at new Yankee Stadium is inviting in a way that Petco Park’s right field porch never was.
Maybe a little too inviting.
On the other side of one of the worst power droughts of his career, Chase Headley can admit that now.
“I think that’s what got me in trouble a little bit,” the 32-year-old Headley said. “I worked so hard to pull the ball in the air and that’s just not my swing. I was surprised with how big (new Yankee Stadium) plays with exception of right field – even bigger than San Diego.