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Green Monster
It's significantly closer than most parks' left field fence. The official left field line measurement in Fenway is 310 feet (actual measurements put it at about 305'). Most ballparks are 325-340 feet down the line. And because of the wall, the fence doesn't bow out from the line to the power alley. Jody Reed wasn't hitting 40+ doubles a year because he was getting screwed out of 15 homers.
And it can't be said often enough -- FOX is awful. The production choices somehow manage to be simultaneously overwrought and contemptuous. As does Jeanne Zelasko. They got lucky with Eric Byrnes, though, who has a definite future in broadcasting.