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Article: Balls fly out of Watt Powell: Alley Cats hit three homers in sixth consecutive win
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- May 26, 2004
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Watt Powell Park has never been considered a hitter friendly
baseball stadium.
Over the years, many opponents of Charleston's minor league teams,
and even some of the Charleston players, have complained that the
field's dimensions are too large and hitting crowd-pleasing home runs
is too difficult.
First-year Alley Cat Manager Ken Joyce was well aware of Watt
Powell's reputation when he arrived here this season.
"I guess people lied to me during spring training," Joyce joked.
"They told me we wouldn't be able to hit home runs here. But balls
are flying out of here."
Joyce and the rest of the 2,010 in attendance at Watt Powell
Tuesday night witnessed three Alley Cat homers in Charleston's ...