Oakland A’s: 11 Power Hitters That Would Thrive at Overstock.com Coliseum

The Oakland Coliseum, excuse me, I mean Overstock.com Coliseum, is for the most part considered a pitcher's ballpark.

The measurements don't seem to indicate that pitchers have an advantage, there are plenty of other parks that are bigger as far as fence placement goes, but the huge foul territory and the wind seems to give an advantage to the guys on the mound.

With the largest foul territory in baseball, the Coliseum creates problems by taking away foul balls and turning them into outs, which is an advantage to pitchers in Oakland not given to pitchers in a lot of other parks.

The measurements for Overstock.com Coliseum  are 330 feet down each line, 378 foot power alleys and center field is 400 feet from ho...

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