I did stumble upon this, which is almost hypnotizing while reading it, but haven't seen yet whether there's speculation of impact or basepaths specifically. Don't mean to be opening up some unworthy rabbit hole, I just got real curious tonight.
https://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/...ballparks.html
Edit: All of which led me to
https://ballparkdigest.com/2016/03/1...mlb-ballparks/ a rather fascinating article for someone like myself, having never seriously inquired.
And apologies if this inquiry and comment are ill-placed. I assure you I won’t belabor the matter.