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St. Peter the Apostle Church to be sold by archdiocese
A renowned city architect designed St. Peter the Apostle Church 170 years ago. Irish laborers dug the foundation by hand, donating their labor to build it. And its early parishioners spared no expense in adorning their house of worship. They installed...Tags: Architecture, Christianity, Charter Schools, Church and State Relations, Roman Catholicism
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Preserving our past: Ownership isn't the issue
What is the future for Baltimore's city-owned historic properties? The Baltimore Sun has reported that Baltimore City is hiring an appraisal firm to determine the "market value" of 15 city-owned historic properties. Baltimore Heritage has asked...
Tags: Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, H.L. Mencken, Inventories, Druid Hill, Patterson Park
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Andino, Orioles not stopping to look back at last year's walk-off finale
Second baseman Robert Andino and his band of upstart, red-hot, second-place Orioles swear they're facing just another tough divisional rival on the road this weekend. It's not a big deal, Andino says, that Friday will be the first time his club plays a...
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Fenway Park, Drama (genre), St. Louis Cardinals
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For Better or Worse: Root of all evil can be summed up in three words: drill, baby, drill
I had a root canal last week. No human being should ever be subjected to anything where the words "root" and "canal" are used in the same sentence. A root canal is a dental procedure prescribed when breathing in on a cool day, drinking something cold...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Root Canal, Human Body, Teeth, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Small-town Jimmie Foxx brought big-time power
Sixty miles east of Babe Ruth's birthplace, in the drowsy town of Sudlersville (population 497), stands a statue of the other great slugger from Maryland's past. But you'll have to stop at the town's only red light, corner of Church and Main, to view...
Tags: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Jimmie Foxx, Boston Red Sox, American League, Baseball
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No. 1: Babe Ruth's legend and legacy spans generations
They pass through the tiny row home at a steady clip, 50,000 pilgrims a year on a mission to visit their mecca. Here, in a second-floor bedroom of a narrow little residence on Emory Street, on a bitter cold day in 1895, George Herman Ruth was born....
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Al Kaline, Mickey Mantle, Baseball, Sadaharu Oh
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Explaining the selection process for the Top 175 Md. athletes list
The Baltimore SunThree months, one week and two days. That’s how long it took to shape a list, start to finish, of the 175 greatest athletes in Maryland history. The Sun published the rankings today, from top to bottom. Me? I feel like I just completed a daunting...Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., Willie Keeler, Baseball, Mark Teixeira, Antonio Freeman
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Sports lists: People love 'em, but they cause a lot of fuss
Driving home Wednesday night after the Al Cesky Awards Banquet, I tuned my car radio to 90.5 WKHS's Ace and The Brain Show (Wednesdays, 8 to 10 p.m, a fine, commercial-free sports/music program that you should check out), and heard an obscure baseball...Tags: Gino Marchetti, Cal Ripken, Jr., National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Jimmie Foxx, Al Kaline
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Jon Miller hasn't given up his connection to Baltimore
When Jon Miller arrived in Baltimore in 1983 to call Orioles games on the radio, the city was thriving. People packed restaurants and bars every night. The Orioles served as the primary reason for that, and later that year — the beloved...
Tags: Peter G. Angelos, Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, Baseball, ESPN (tv network)
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Former National Archives worker who sold treasured recordings to be sentenced
A former 40-year veteran employee of the National Archives who admitted stealing historical treasures, including Herbert Morison's report of the 1937 Hindenburg crash and a Bob Hope performance, is to be sentenced today. Prosecutors said that among the...Tags: Theft, Lawyers, Prosecution, NBC (tv network), Bob Hope
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Thoughts on the Peter Angelos-Davey Johnson relationship
The Baltimore SunThere is no Red Sox- or Cubs-style curse on the Orioles – nothing involving Babe Ruth, “No, No, Nanette” or a malodorous goat. At least not that I know of. But we all know the Orioles haven’t won since 1997. That sure was an...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Peter G. Angelos, Earl Weaver, Washington Nationals, Boston Red Sox
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Camden Yards, the stadium that changed baseball and Baltimore, turns 20
Clearly, brick and steel age more gracefully than the rest of us, because Oriole Park is about to celebrate its 20th birthday on Opening Day Friday and who can believe it is already the 10th-oldest ballpark in the major leagues?
Time does fly, in this...Tags: Peter G. Angelos, Inner Harbor, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Martin O'Malley
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