Sun series: A week on the farm

About this series: Sun reporters Candus Thomson and Monica Lopossay visited the Orioles' six minor league teams in one week. Here are stories, videos and photos from the trip.
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Orioles minor league road trip

Orioles minor league road trip

Series photos by The Sun's Monica Lopossay

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Minor league stops

Minor league stops

A map highlighting the locations of the O's minor league teams

On the Web
O's minor league teams
Norfolk Tides (AAA)
Bowie Baysox (AA)
Aberdeen IronBirds (A)
Delmarva Shorebirds (A)
Frederick Keys (A)
Bluefield Orioles (R)

Other Md. minor league teams
Hagerstown Suns

Last in a series

Minors becoming major happening

Although she has never played an inning in the Orioles' farm system, Vi Ripken knows a thing or two about the minor leagues as the wife of a player-manager and the mother of two boys who came up through the ranks.

Sixth in a series

Tides turn to the Orioles

You'd never know that this time last year fans were embracing the Big Apple and singing "New York, New York" at the end of every game.

Fifth in a series

Baby Birds learn to fly in Bluefield

The handshake, a quaint form of sealing a deal, has worked for the Baltimore Orioles and their Rookie-level team for half a century, an affiliation unmatched in organized baseball.

Fourth in a series

O, say, can you see Keys?

When the wind is right, the national anthem drifts from Harry Grove Stadium to a crypt in Mount Olivet Cemetery, where Francis Scott Key is buried.

Third in a series

Shorebirds fans love them tender

Only at a ballpark named for the first family of chicken could you have a left-field fowl pole.

Second in a series

At Bowie, zany promotions take fans' breath away

Bad breath is welcome here. Dogs, too.

First in a series

A week on the farm

Six days, six teams, three states, 1,577 miles. The road to "The Show."

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