The evolution of a ballpark
The DNA for Worcester’s Polar Park includes ideas from Camden Yards more than 3 decades after Larry Luchino, Janet Marie Smith built the iconic Baltimore ballpark
Updated on Jan 04, 2021;
Published on Jan 03, 2021
The diamond at Polar Park now looks like a baseball field with grass in the outfield, three bases, a pitchers mound and home plate.
Janet Marie Smith smiled when she heard the words “designated hitter.”
“I know what story you’re telling,” said Smith, the architect behind Polar Park, as she interrupted Charles Steinberg ,the president of the Worcester Red Sox.
Thirty-two years ago this December, Smith walked into the office of Larry Lucchino, then-president of the Baltimore Orioles, to discuss plans to build Camden Yards.