ESPN's Buster Olney again referenced the significant number of homers that have been hit at the new Yankee Stadium. Joseph Pawlikowski of the very good Yankee blog RiverAvenueBlues.com disagrees with Olney's assessments. Olney writes: After five homers were hit in the Yankees? win over the Twins on Monday, there have now been 63 homers in 17 games in new Yankee Stadium: 32 by the Yankees, 31 by the Yankees? opponents. Last year, the Yankees? pitchers allowed 68 for the entire season, and the Yankees? hitters mashed 92, for a total of 160. So at the current rate, there will be more homers hit in new Yankee Stadium by July 17 ? the first home game after the All-Star break ? than there were during the entire 2008 season in old Yankee Stadium. The Yankees and Indians combined to hit 20 home runs over the first four games, and then during a two-game series against the A's, six homers were hit. This means that 4.3 homers were hit over those six games. In the 11 games since those first six games, 37 homers have been hit, which puts the per game total at 3.36 per game. Clearly, as pointed out by Pawlikowski, the number of homers is trending downwards.