Neagle is a fly-ball pitcher who quickly showed that that he should greatly benefit from the dimensions of the Stadium by securing eight flyouts to center or left.

He got Brad Wilkerson to hit into a double-play grounder to end the second inning - two of nine groundball outs for Cone, a fly-ball pitcher in his previous pitching life.

It was a bad time for Mendoza to turn into a fly-ball pitcher, and for the Yankees to lose.

Williams, a fly-ball pitcher, struggled in Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark, widely viewed as the best hitter's park in the National League.

You can apply similar logic to ground-ball and fly-ball pitchers.

Petco Park's larger dimensions would also provide some relief for a fly-ball pitcher like Lackey, who served up 12 home runs in Fenway Park this year.

Shortstops who play behind fly-ball pitchers will not seem as impressive as those who share a locker room with sinkerballers.

(The alternative choice, Scott Sanderson, the only other rested Giant starter, was decided against because he was considered a fly-ball pitcher and the Dodgers a fly-ball-hitting team.)

ERAs could definitely be on the rise, especially for fly-ball heavy pitchers.