Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a stadium that inspired nearly all of the new ballparks across baseball these past two decades. But at 30 years old, the stadium has been in dire need of upgrades for years.
That made the Orioles’ decision to dedicate resources into moving back the left-field wall so puzzling.
This past offseason, the Orioles leadership pushed the left-field wall back 30 feet and raised it to 13 feet tall. Aesthetically, it looked awful with an awkward corner jetting out into left-center field. And sure, the team wanted to make it more difficult for opponents to hit home runs, but by doing so, they made it more difficult on themselves.
