Roof falls in on Darvish, Dodgers in Houston
HOUSTON - Built like an airplane hangar, named after orange juice, the contours of Minute Maid Park evoke camp and claustrophobia.
The foul poles are sponsored by Chick-fil-A. A conductor runs a train beyond the left-field fence, high above the Crawford Boxes, which beckon for home runs only 315 feet from the plate. The retractable roof creates a cauldron of noise.
On Friday evening, in the second inning of Game 3 of the World Series, the quirks of this ballpark taunted Dodgers starter Yu Darvish as the Houston Astros battered him en route to a 5-3 victory to capture a 2-1 series lead. The Crawford Boxes swallowed up a homer smashed by
