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THE NEW TRENDSETTERS

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When Camden Yards opened in Baltimore in 1992, baseball changed forever.

Baseball architecture and ballpark aesthetic were transformed. Retro design touches were in. “Modern” multi-purpose, artificial-surface stadiums of the 1970s and ’80s were out.

Camden Yards was so revolutionary that even a brand-new facility like the new Comiskey Park, which the White Sox debuted in 1991, felt outdated.

Every MLB team saw the need to create their own version of Camden Yards—and many did. In the 15 years between 1992 and 2006, a total of 14 new ballparks opened, nearly all of them

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