I oppose standard cookie-cutter dimensions. Unique park features within the confines of the parks, particularly the outfields, add uniqueness and charm, and over the course of a 162 game season have a smaller impact on results of pennant races that one may think.

Shrinking the parks generally, however, has affected the game throughout the ages. Baseball was designed to be a game played largely on the bases. Homeruns now have a more profound impact on the game than ever. When outfields were larger and the balls less lively, outfielders had to be jackrabbits as some centerfield walls were close to 500 feet away. Base running, stretching hits into triples and inside the park homers, and relay throws on runners were much more common. Today very often the baserunners' job is towait while a slugger hits a 315 foot homer.

Also, as a result of the smaller parks, teams could routinely put slow-footed, beefy players in the outfield as there is less ground to cover and a larger percentage of hits over their heads sail across the fences.

I think there is more excitement in Sam Crawford's record for career triples than Barry Bonds' record for homers.