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Gus Triandos: Baltimore's first sports hero
The year was 1959. I was 12 and shy to a fault. But an almost close encounter with my baseball hero, Gus Triandos, would change my life forever. Big Gus exploded onto the Baltimore baseball landscape, and into the lives of countless youngsters like me,...
Tags: Baseball, New York Yankees, Yogi Berra, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore Orioles
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Museums, cultural institutions taking a snow day
Schools and government offices aren't the only things closing down in anticipation of today's snowstorm. Here is a partial list, continually being updated, of cultural and commercial institutions shutting down for the day. The American Visionary Art...
Tags: Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Baltimore Museum of Art, Arts, American Visionary Art Museum, Museums
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Sarasota is diamond destination for Orioles fans
For Baltimore baseball fans inspired by the Orioles' surprising success last year, spring training couldn't have come soon enough. Those who never wanted that magic season to end along with newbie Birds fans are already flocking in droves to the team's...Tags: Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals, Buck Showalter, Museums, Spring Training
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HdG to study traffic issues in Grace Manor community
The Havre de Grace City Council is trying to deal with traffic issues in the Grace Manor area. At their meeting Monday night, council members approved the creation of a sub-committee to address street and traffic safety issues around the neighborhood,...Tags: Baseball, American Legion, Arts, Property Tax, IKEA
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Back Story: Is the Sports Legends Museum haunted?
Bolton Hill baseball and travel writer Charlie Vascellaro normally can be found hanging out at ballparks. So the opportunity to spend a night in late April at the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Station after hearing tales about ghostly occupants was...Tags: Baseball, Fort McHenry, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Lobbying, Museums
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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: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, World Series
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Plight of Baltimore's Poe House attracts national attention
Native Londoner Kimberly Marie Freeman lives and works 200 miles north of Baltimore, but she's enthusiastically joining the effort to save one of the city's cultural treasures. Shutting the Edgar Allan Poe House, she says with a hint of exasperation,...Tags: Halloween, Highlandtown, Auction Service, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Museums
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Ripken's No. 8 statue stolen
It's the most recognizable digit in Baltimore. Authorities said that didn't dissuade four young men from ripping Cal Ripken Jr.'s 3 1/2 -foot-tall aluminum number 8 off its base in front of Camden Yards Tuesday night, throwing it into the back of a...Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., Police Arrests, Sculpture, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Summer's Calling: Master of beer and memorabilia
It's 30 minutes before game time at Camden Yards, and Greg Schwalenberg peers out at the vast expanse of empty green seats. He grimaces.
"What kind of crowd are they expecting?" he asks a nearby usher.
"Let's see, 10,000," the man replies.
"It's been...Tags: Baseball, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Baltimore Museum of Art, Johnny Unitas, Derek Jeter
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'His words were golden'
Jim McKay probably would have been a little embarrassed that an entire ballroom of people made such a fuss in his honor last night at the Hilton Baltimore. Throughout his broadcasting career, he always strived to make the story about his subjects, not...Tags: Death, Television, ABC (tv network), ABC's Wide World of Sports (tv program), Auction Service
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McKay never outgrew state roots
Jim McKay saw so much of the world during his lengthy and legendary broadcasting career. His syrupy voice, endearing charm and calming presence always made viewers of ABC's Wide World of Sports feel at home, whether he was profiling cliff divers in...Tags: Death, Horse and Harness Racing, ABC (tv network), Television, Baltimore Orioles
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Mingling with baseball legends
Special to the SunIt was a grand slam get-together at Morgan State University's Murphy Fine Arts Center, as the Babe Ruth Museum presented "A Legendary Evening - Reunion of the 1966 World Champion Baltimore Orioles." Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches,...Tags: Baseball, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore Orioles, Jim Palmer, World Series
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