Left field resizing locations at camden field – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) – For the first time in more than 20 years, Oriole Park’s playing surface is being altered to create what Orioles calls “a level playing field for both pitchers and football players.”

According to a letter from Orioles to the Birdland members – whose seat holders will be removed by the change – the team has decided to push back and raise the wall on the left side of the field. This is the first change since the 2001 season, when the team increased by up to 7 meters from the outside field. That change was undone the following year.

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The left wall is currently 333 feet down the left street and over seven feet high. The wall will be pushed back up to 30 feet away at various points, and the wall will increase by 5 feet by the start of the 2022 season, the correspondence said.

Moving the wall back and making it taller could transform a park known for its tendency to run indoors. The decision was made after “extensive research” by the team’s Baseball Operations and Analytics departments.

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Camden Yards sees the most homebound players of any ballpark in 2021 with 277, second place, Great American Ball Park, with 250. In 2021, the team with the worst Running Average earns is 5.84 and dropped 258 home runs, the most in Majors. .

“While Oriole Park will remain a ballpark for attackers, it will no longer be an exception playground among parks,” the team said.

The team assures the Birdland members that they will still have the best seats in the house. Although they will travel further from the yard and home address, the team says members will remain close to the yard.

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The change comes as Oriole Park celebrates 30th Anniversary. The park opened in 1991 and ushered in a new era of downtown stadiums with retro design features.