Re: Barfield to the Indians...
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FWIW Barfield's road numbers are MUCH better than his home numbers.
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Yes, I know. I am making reference specifically to the claim that he will hit more HR now that he doesn't play in SD, even though his HR rate was the same there as it was away.
Also, if SD's park was really "stealing" a bunch of his HR you would expect that he would have a lot of doubles at home, but he didn't.
Furthermore, his hitting on the road was "better" primarily due to the fact that his BA on balls in play was much higher, and that is almost exclusively due to luck.
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