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Humid and cold (if it’s due to a marine layer) seems to be a common reason balls don’t travel well.
The parks in San Francisco and the current Angels stadium have all had marine layers that suppress flight of flyballs.
With the way Frawley is situated, just off the Delaware river and with the Atlantic pretty close to boot, Id guess that is probably the biggest factor.
The whole “stadium in a valley” thing is stuck in my craw now. I’d had one of the minor league parks described to me that way once ... might have been High Desert, the old A-ball stadium (though it’s elevated above sea level and the ball flys out, so the opposite of Wilmington).
I’m playing softball right now with a guy who played in the Carolina League. I’ll pick his brain on it at this week’s game.
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