Safeco played unusually tough last year because the average temperature at gametime was abotu 1.5 C cooler than normal, the average wind speed was abotu 6 mph faster than normal, and the average relative humidity was 8% higher than normal. None of those may sound like a lot, but what it means is that all of the weather factors that make the ball fly some heavily at the Safe were worse than normal. 2010 and 2009 for that matter both played pretty anti-hitter at the Safe. And oh BTW, the offensive environment of 1965 wasn't THAT different than the offensive environment of 2010 as a whole. The NL in '65 was heading toward the big tank...but it wasn't there yet. For example, league batting average in the NL through that period went something like .267/.262/.251/.239/.244/.260 (65-70). The extreme pitcher/fielder spike of the late 60s was pretty short lived.
And the extreme hitter years of the 90s/2000s are over...2010 played about average by MLB scoring standards all time.
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