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! ===1992–2008=== [[File:Oriole Park at Camden Yards 1996.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Oriole Park at Camden Yards in 1996]] The first contest at Oriole Park at Camden Yards was a 5–3 preseason exhibition win over the [[1992 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] before 31,286 on April 3, 1992.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1992/04/04/orioles-inaugurate-camden-yards-defeat-mets/ac92fcfb-e360-4e4a-ac6c-b0ea714c2c3c/ Justice, Richard. "Orioles Inaugurate Camden Yards, Defeat Mets," ''The Washington Post'', Saturday, April 4, 1992.] Retrieved April 3, 2022.</ref> The ballpark officially opened three days later on April 6 with [[Rick Sutcliffe]] pitching a [[complete game]] [[Shutout (baseball)|shutout]] in a season-opening 2–0 victory over the [[1992 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] before a sellout crowd of 44,568.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/04/07/its-a-grand-opening-for-camden-yards/708210cb-457b-4698-890b-3a077c9242cf/ Gildea, William. "It's a Grand Opening for Camden Yards," ''The Washington Post'', Tuesday, April 7, 1992.] Retrieved April 3, 2022.</ref> [[Chris Hoiles]] drove in the first official run at Camden Yards with a ground-rule double that scored [[Sam Horn]] in the fifth inning.<ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-04-07-1992098041-story.html Kent, Milton. "Score 1 for the Books: History-making run starts Horn on big day," ''The Baltimore Sun'', Tuesday, April 7, 1992.] Retrieved April 3, 2022.</ref> Camden Yards hosted the [[1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1993 MLB All-Star Game]]. On June 18, 1994, an escalator accident injured 43 people; one of the stadium's multiple-story escalators, overcrowded with fans heading to their upper-deck seats, jerked backward, throwing passengers to the bottom landing. On September 6, 1995, Camden Yards witnessed [[Cal Ripken Jr.]]'s record-setting 2,131st consecutive game. Exactly one year later, [[Eddie Murray]] blasted his 500th home run there. Two orange seats stand out from the park's dark green plastic chairs. One, located at Section 96, Row 7, Seat 23 in the right-center field bleachers (officially known as the [[Eutaw Street]] Reserve sections), commemorates the spot where Murray's 500th home run landed. The other, Section 86, Row FF, Seat 10 in the left field bleachers, was the landing spot for Ripken's 278th home run as a [[shortstop]], breaking [[Chicago Cubs]] legend [[Ernie Banks]]' record for the position. That home run was hit on July 15, 1993. Ripken finished his career with 345 home runs as a shortstop and 431 overall. The great success of Camden Yards sparked a trend in the construction of more traditional, fan-friendly ballparks in downtown locations across the U.S.<ref>"Home of the Game: The Story of Camden Yards" by Thom Loverro (Taylor Publishing) {{ISBN|0-87833-222-7}}, p 57.</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