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One change you'd make to...***gasp***... the great Camden Yards.

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isestrex Hangout Grand Counsel

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Obviously the hotel/Bromo tower thing is #1 but since it's not really possible to do anything...

I'd say my number one choice would be to remove the Dempsey sign from the warehouse and put 2632 in permanent cement like a few others have suggested. You can't put it up with temporary signs like they did in 1995 and with the statue honorees this season. You have to put it in permanently in cement like the "A" "B" and "C" labels are done.

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Move back left field fence about 10-15 feet. I'm tired of long pop outs being HR, esp to L field. The only problem I have w/ Camden Yards is I wish it had been made more of a pitcher's park. Memorial Stadium was a great park for pitchers and when the O's have been great in the past they relied on great pitching and defense. Its hard to outslug the Yankees. This is about as likely to happen as that abomination of a hotel being torn down.

This times a thousand. I LOVE OPACY (2nd favorite park after Wrigley)- but it's incomprehensible to me that the dimensions are so favorable to the powerful Yankees and Red Sox. From time-to-time (including 2012) the O's have slugging line-ups that can hang with New York and Boston- but on the whole we tend to be outgunned against those two- and I think that's a substantial part of why both have such great winning percentages at OPACY historically speaking. I just wish OPACY was more oriented to our strong pitching/defense tradition (a la Citi Field in New York- incidentally my 3rd favorite park in the majors)...

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The wave is okay if it is done at the right time. As a parent with young kids, I can tell you the wave is one of the things that kids like the most. Anything we can do to get kids interested in the game is good to me. They will eventually stop being so enthralled.

Agree get rid of the rubberized track.

Fix the seats on the third base side so you don't have to crane your neck.

Let the kids run the bases more often after the game.

Get new vendors. The food generally is disappointing.

So...in order to get kids interested in the game, they should be distracted with the wave? Man...the wave is just all kinds of terrible, especially at a baseball game.

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No more storm trooper ushers that don't allow you to stand up. Fan friendly mgmt.

This. I've been told to sit down when there were 7 or so empty rows behind me. Evelyn is a nice woman, and friendly, but she really missed the spirit of the rule when she told me to take a seat.

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This. I've been told to sit down when there were 7 or so empty rows behind me. Evelyn is a nice woman, and friendly, but she really missed the spirit of the rule when she told me to take a seat.
Since they got Homeland Security involved and had to put storm troopers on the field to keep ScottieBaseball from jumping the fence, I think the ushers think their duty to police the stadium is increased.
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No more storm trooper ushers that don't allow you to stand up. Fan friendly mgmt.

There are a lot of really friendly, understanding ushers at the Yard. Unfortunately, mine is not one of them. Just an offensive killjoy who doesn't understand that if people want to sit and watch a baseball game in complete silence without noticing anyone around them, they are free to do so in the comfort of their own homes. The idea of having fun and rooting hard is a foreign concept.

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One change that I liked very much was the lowering of the wall in right-field, so anyone that is watching from that area (SRO) is now given a much better view of the game. Previously, you pretty much had to be at least 6' 2" or taller to get a good view.

NOW:O). http://www.wbal.com/absolutenm/articlefiles/88448-Orioles%20Opening%20Day%202012%20Flag%20Court%201.jpg

THEN:O http://mlblogscookandsonbats.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/2320-20camden20rf20flag20panarama-thumb-550x217-1612391.jpg?w=550&h=217

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