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Posted By: J Levine

It was not the war that sunk Hodges chances it was playing in the Los Angeles Coliseium and batting right handed. After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles they played in this area and the field that Hodges hit most of his homeruns/doubles to in Ebbets became a cavern...right center and right field were over 400 feet dropping off to 390 and then a steep drop off down the line...Hodges was a pull hitter and in Brooklyn hit most of his HRs to right center...in Los Angeles everything dropped for him including hits, hrs, doubles, and eventually games...put him in!

Joshua