BALTIMORE — In the back row of Section 86 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Danny Hoff and A.J. Uebel were dousing themselves (and occasionally some bystanders) with a water bottle as their beloved Baltimore Orioles rallied and then rolled over the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 behind Cedric Mullins’ cycle.
The waterworks were fully encouraged as the Orioles inaugurated a new cheering section Friday night. Dubbed the Bird Bath splash zone, the sliver of low left-field seats offers fans the chance to be hosed down after extra-base hits and key moments, in celebratory solidarity with their young team’s water-themed traditions: the sprinkler for big hits and the “home run hose.