Atlanta Braves’ Incredibly Shrinking Foul Territory
Fulton County Stadium
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Fulton County Stadium, the first home of the Atlanta Braves in Georgia, was known as the Launching Pad. For sure, though, pitchers did have one advantage that didn’t translate into home runs: it was the expansive foul territory. See this link for the copyrighted picture of that seating chart.
That piece of real estate was practically enough for a highway… which is clearly a big deal in Atlanta as GDOT eyed it enviously. In several places, foul territory exceeded a width of 60 feet. It was nearly as far from the pitching rubber to home plate (60’6″) as it was from home plate to the backstop.
While its reputation may have been gained strictly from the home runs hit there (heck, even Rick Camp got into an epic dinger once), this – while not Dodger Stadium – was truly a place in which pop fouls went to die.
