Oriole Park at Camden Yards Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==In popular culture== *The movie ''[[Dave (film)|Dave]]'' (1993) features a scene with the [[President of the United States]], played by [[Kevin Kline]], throwing out the first pitch at Camden Yards. That scene was filmed in front of an actual capacity crowd at the ballpark, prior to a regular-season game in early August 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-08-04/news/1992217181_1_kevin-kline-film-crew-helms|title=Fans ignore request to boycott Warner filming at Oriole Park|access-date=2012-06-07|archive-date=2015-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413141526/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-08-04/news/1992217181_1_kevin-kline-film-crew-helms|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similar scenes were filmed for the [[Chris Rock]] movie ''[[Head of State (2003 film)|Head of State]]'', for the [[Geena Davis]] TV Series ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]'', and for the 2004 season finale of ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]].'' A short clip in the 2005 film ''[[Wedding Crashers]]'' shows Oriole Park at Camden Yards. *The movie ''[[Major League II]]'' (1994) used Camden Yards as the home of the Indians. *Part of the sixth-season premiere of the [[NBC]] police drama series ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' was filmed at Camden Yards. In these scenes, the detectives must hurry to solve a murder at Camden Yards before a game between the Orioles and the [[New York Yankees]] ends. *The pilot of the [[HBO]] 2009 comedy series ''[[Eastbound & Down]]'' begins with an aerial shot of Camden Yards; however, when actor [[Danny McBride (actor)|Danny McBride]] takes the mound, the field level shot is at a different ballpark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1376278/goofs|title="Eastbound & Down" Chapter 1 (TV Episode 2009)|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> *A portion of an episode of the HBO series ''[[The Wire]]'', a show about police officers and drug dealers in Baltimore, was filmed during an actual Orioles game in which characters [[Jimmy McNulty]] and [[Bunk Moreland]], played by [[Dominic West]] and [[Wendell Pierce]], take their sons to a game while discussing a case. *The HBO series ''[[Veep]]'' filmed episode 6 of their first season, which aired May 27, 2012 at Camden Yards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2102237/|title = "Veep" Baseball (TV Episode 2012) β IMDb|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref> Orioles Hall of Fame pitcher [[Jim Palmer]] and then Orioles players [[Jake Arrieta]] and [[Tommy Hunter (baseball)|Tommy Hunter]] made cameo appearances on the field with ''Veep'' star [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]]. This was perhaps a subtle homage to Louis-Dreyfus's previous role as Towson-native [[Elaine Benes]] on ''[[Seinfeld]]'' and that character's Orioles fandom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/zurawik/bal-veep-hbo-camden-yards-julia-louis-dreyfus-jim-palmer-20120525-story.html|title='VEEP' comes to Baltimore's Camden Yards Sunday, and Selina meets Jim Palmer|date=26 May 2012 }}</ref> *''[[House of Cards (U.S. TV series)|House of Cards]]'' features Vice President of the United States Frank Underwood ([[Kevin Spacey]]) throwing out a ceremonial first pitch at Camden Yards. Spacey, a noted Orioles fan who actually threw a real ceremonial first pitch against the Blue Jays in 2013, is first seen wearing a jacket featuring the cartoon bird in the tunnel to the team dugout as he is being introduced to the crowd. Former closer [[Jim Johnson (baseball, born 1983)|Jim Johnson]] and outfielder [[Nate McLouth]] meet Spacey's character on the field, with Johnson expecting to receive the pitch as the stadium lights suddenly go out. For added realism, the crowd even yells "O" during the national anthem.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camdenchat.com/2014/5/1/5669112/orioles-camden-yards-movie-tv|title=The O's and Camden Yards on tv and the big screen|date=May 2014}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page