The Sun's report noted that this change was at least partially spurred on from the front office, behind general manager Mike Elias: Major League Baseball approved the adjustments, which will cover the area from the left-field corner to the bullpens in the left-center field.Ĭamden Yards has long been a homer-friendly park, particularly to this left-field area. The changes - the first to the size of the iconic ballpark's playing area in two decades - will raise the wall's height from 7 feet to about 12 feet and move it back as much as 30 feet, according to information provided by the team. The club told The Baltimore Sun it began construction this week to alter Oriole Park at Camden Yards' left-field dimensions to try to reduce the stadium's propensity for home runs. The seven-foot high wall will be raised to around 12 feet as well. It was formerly 333 feet down the left-field line and now it'll move around 30 feet, per the report.
The left field wall is being moved back and heightened, according to The Baltimore Sun, from the foul line to the bullpens in left-center. And now, for the first time, the playing surface is being altered. It triggered a revolution in baseball stadiums to move more in a "retro" direction instead of the cookie cutters fans had grown accustomed to seeing in the 1970s and 1980s. Oriole Park and Camden Yards opened in 1992 and almost immediate became a baseball sensation.
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