Three MLB Teams Making Atypical Off-Season Moves

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As the Major League Baseball season reaches its zenith in the coming days, three teams excluded from the 2012 playoffs announced during the first week of October that they were already preparing to make adjustments for next season - not just to their rosters, presumably, but to their home ball parks, too.

The San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners - who ranked 28th and 29th, respectively, out of 30 MLB teams in terms of home runs per home game this season - announced that their outfield fences will be moved in during off-season stadium renovations, while the Chicago Cubs will be moving the brick wall behind home plate closer to the action at near-century-old Wrigley Field for the second time in seven years.

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