Gonzalez won the derby and hit the longest home run, some 473 feet into the upper deck. But a foggy observer could be forgiven for remembering Griffey as the winner, because in every sense but the scoreboard he did win. And he did it with one iconic swing.
It is impossible to think of Baltimore’s Camden Yards and not think of the oblong B&O Warehouse running the length — and then some — of right-center field.
But in fact there was a time when stadium planners did just that. As the Orioles contemplated new stadium proposals over the years, many renderings either reduced the warehouse’s size or left it out entirely.