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"It's been something that's been in people's minds," said Andy Dunn, the Nationals' vice president of ballpark
operations.
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feet, is actually 407.83 feet, Dunn said.
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Dunn said that he believes the mismarked distances -- in the "alleys," as the gaps between the center fielder and
the left and right fielders are called -- were an "honest mistake."
"When I came to work here, I saw the dimensions, they told me what they were, and I didn't think, 'Well, I better
go measure them to make sure,' " Dunn said yesterday.
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So earlier this week, on the same day the Post reporters measured the field, Dunn walked off the distance
himself, using a rolling measuring device.
He didn't have confidence in the results, "so I got every measuring tape I