Baseball Sunday

Get to know a park

Each week we will profile a major league park. Today:

Citizens Bank Park

Home of the Philadelphia Phillies

Location: Philadelphia

Year opened: 2004

Dimensions: left pole, 329; left field, 374; center field, 401; right field, 369; right pole 330

Field surface: Grass

Capacity: 43,647

The park was in the news a lot this week as two fans ran out onto the field on Monday and Tuesday. The first field trespasser became notable because a police officer stunned him with a Taser gun. The second was run down by Phillies security personnel taken off the field.

With the stadium across the street from the Wachovia Center, it became Philadelphia Fan Central as the Flyers were battling the Boston Bruins in a NHL playoff series at the same time the Phillies were hosting the Cardinals. The Park also features a statue of Hall-of-Famer Robin Roberts, who died Thursday at the age of 83.

—Aaron Morton

Around the horn

Old man winner

PHILADELPHIA — Dillon Moyer securely placed the ball inside the front pocket of his hooded sweatshirt. Dad didn't look overly excited on the field after becoming the oldest pitcher to throw a complete-game shutout, but he made sure to take the ball from catcher Carlos Ruiz, and gave it to his eldest son.

This was history. Jamie Moyer, 47 years and 170 days old, two-hit the Atlanta Braves with ease. The Phillies won, 7-0.

"I had fun," Moyer said. "I probably had forgotten what that's like. It hasn't happened a whole lot in my career."

When informed he had made history, Moyer was nonchalant about it. "Cool," he said. "Just doing my job."

(Meanwhile, he had the Phillies pull a few game balls and authenticate them to keep for the family. And on Saturday, the Hall of Fame will likely call asking for some artifacts from the game.)

These are the kinds of nights when it's reasonable to wonder how long Moyer can actually keep pitching. He has defied almost every age boundary of modern baseball — the oldest to do that, the oldest to do this.