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Orioles move the outfield wall back. Everyone else should do the same.

By Timothy P. Carney
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Orioles move the outfield wall back. Everyone else should do the same.

The left-field fence at Oriole Park at Camden Yards will be deeper next year by maybe 30 feet. That’s a good move, and other stadiums should follow suit.

Moving the fences back in all dimensions of every ballpark is one of the best reforms baseball could make today. WTOP says a deeper fence in Baltimore is part of “an effort to make Oriole Park at Camden Yards a bit easier on pitchers.” That’s the least important reason to do this.

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