Jae-gyun Hwang’s spring home run would have been an out at AT&T Park, I’m sure of it. On a cold night, the ball would have died, and one Hairston or another would have settled under it.
That doesn’t mean that it wasn’t easy opposite-field power, the kind that could make Shawn Estes remark "Wow" while Jon Miller was still making the call. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t an impressive home run, or that it was Scottsdale-aided. It’s just a reminder that what’s impressive in the Cactus League might not be noticeable at AT&T Park, and that we probably shouldn’t get too excited.