Giants name their 2008 Double A manager...

The stats clearly show that the park totally skews the power number down significantly, which makes it very hard for any of our power prospects to come up to there and show what they can do without feeling like they have to change everything about their swing in order to hit for power again in AA.

When I e-mailed the GM about that, he suggested that the players run harder when the ball goes into the gap.

It also screws with our pitcher's development because they can throw any which way at the park since they don't have to fear giving up the long-ball as much.  Thus they can make pitching mistakes and not have to worry as much as power is greatly dampened there, slowing their development.

Thanks for the info, nonetheless.  I think the Giants will be gone after the contract ends, so I think you will get your wish.  The Giants made it very clear that they wanted the fences moved in to make the park more normal and the owners hemmed and hawed, and the city wouldn't budge, so I take it as a very good sign that the Giants are leaving since they did not put up much of a fight over issues during the fall.  They probably figured they would be gone after the next season, so why put much effort into getting change since the main change they wanted won't happen.  Hope an NL West team moves there!