EditorialNicole Sherry, the Baltimore Orioles head groundskeeper, prepares the area where the infield dirt meets the outfield grass at Camden Yards in Baltimore, June 9, 2023. (Shawn Hubbard/The New York Times)
EditorialNicole Sherry, the Baltimore Orioles head groundskeeper, prepares the area where the infield dirt meets the outfield grass at Camden Yards in Baltimore, June 9, 2023. (Shawn Hubbard/The New York Times)
EditorialNicole Sherry, the Baltimore Orioles head groundskeeper, prepares the area where the infield dirt meets the outfield grass at Camden Yards in Baltimore, June 9, 2023. (Shawn Hubbard/The New York Times)
EditorialNicole Sherry, the Baltimore Orioles head groundskeeper, prepares the area where the infield dirt meets the outfield grass at Camden Yards in Baltimore, June 9, 2023. (Shawn Hubbard/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, the Yankees’ Hector Lopez, Marv Throneberry, Hank Bauer, Bobby Richardson and Tony Kubek in the dugout on Sept. 6, 1959 during a game against the visiting Baltimore Orioles. (Ernie Sisto/The New York Times)
EditorialNew York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge warms up during the game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, on Tuesday night, Sept. 27, 2022. (Chris Donovan/The New York Times)
EditorialNew York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge reached base 10 times over five games, and made a great play in the outfield, but fans had flocked to Yankee Stadium hoping for one thing: a home run. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialPadded outfield wall panels, some of which had been floated to the infield by flooding, are put back in place at the stadium of the Somerset Patriots, a New York Yankees Class AA affiliate, in Bridgewater, N.J., Sept. 9, 2021. (Brian Fraser/The New York Times)
EditorialA new baseball field in Dyersville, Iowa, Aug. 11, 2021, near the original used in the film ?Field of Dreams? and where the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox will play a game on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (Tyler Kepner/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani in a rare appearance in the outfield, with Mike Trout and Juston Upton, in Houston, May 11, 2021. (Annie Mulligan/The New York Times)