'It's a travesty': Camden Yards' new look leaves sluggers steaming, pitchers hopeful in Baltimore

BALTIMORE — Austin Hays knew his old office was getting a revamp. The left field wall at Camden Yards – his turf – was moving back nearly 30 feet, its height raised by nearly 13 feet. But nothing could prepare the Baltimore Orioles left fielder for the sinking feeling when he saw the stadium’s mini-monster for the first time – and the first month worth of anecdotal data that confirmed his new reality.

“It’s exactly what I thought it would be, from the time I stepped on the field and saw how far away it was,” says Hays, a fourth-year outfielder whose career-best 22 homers last year were significantly dependent on the cozier dimensions. "It’s playing exactly how I thought it would to left field.

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