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Tommy John surgery: From cutting edge to commonplace
PASADENA, Calif. — His career is dwarfed by his incision. "It's the ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction while using the Palmaris longus tendon," he said. "That's why they call it Tommy John surgery." But it is actually the Frank Jobe surgery....Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Orthopedic Surgery, Pittsburgh Pirates, Vin Scully, World War II (1939-1945)
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Sports notices: Buy an Orioles ticket and help Special Olympics
Submitting sports notices The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. Monday. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). Questions? Call 410-332-6578. Special Olympics Orioles fans who plan to attend games at Camden Yards this year have...Tags: Field Hockey, High Schools, Schools, Maryland Terrapins, Softball
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Datebook
Tuesday, May 29 School news The Board of Education will hold a closed meeting at 8:30 a.m. in the Planning Room at the department, 10910 Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City. 410-313-6680. Saturday, June 2 Yard sale The Orthodox Church of St. Matthew will...Tags: Music, Anglicanism, Concerts, Christianity, Ken Ulman
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Sports notices: Thunder U-14 girls are holding soccer tryouts
Submitting sports notices The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. Monday. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). Questions? Call 410-332-6578. Soccer Thunder Soccer Club is holding tryouts for its rising U-14 Girls WAGS Division I...Tags: Field Hockey, Cycling, Hospitals and Clinics, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, University of Maryland, College Park
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Beer, baseball and Baltimore
This is a tale about Baltimore beer barons, the owner of the Washington Senators, a silver bullet, and how the Orioles got to Baltimore. Now, with the O's generating a buzz as they fight for first place in the American League East and prepare to meet...
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Ex-O's GM Hemond honored with O'Neil Award at Cooperstown
Roland Hemond never worked for George Steinbrenner, Walter O'Malley or Gussie Busch. He was never given unlimited resources to work with, but made up for it with a limitless imagination.
Competing with less became one of his specialties.
"Actually,...Tags: Earl Weaver, World Series, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Toronto Blue Jays, George Steinbrenner
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A week on the farm
Sun ReportersSix days, six teams, three states, 1,577 miles. The road to "The Show." Bowie to Salisbury to Frederick. Bluefield to Norfolk to Aberdeen. Call it a double, triple play. Call it the Orioles' Minor League Six-Pack. With apologies to Terry Cashman and his...Tags: Photography, Arts, Colleges and Universities, Family, Documentary (genre)
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At Bowie, zany promotions take fans' breath away
Sun reportersBad breath is welcome here. Dogs, too. In the minor league world, where you're only as good as your last promotion, the Bowie Baysox roll out the red carpet, even if it does, on occasion, resemble toilet paper. "We want to keep a smile on your face,"...Tags: Photography, Bars and Clubs, Nick Markakis, Foods and Beverages, Baltimore Orioles
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The quiet pioneer
Sun StaffHe was a tiny left-handed pitcher whose major league career was composed of two appearances, one in Chicago and the other in Baltimore. Most of his baseball life unfolded in the game's fringes, on minor league diamonds from Canada to Cuba. Yet Jehosie...Tags: U.S. Army, African Americans, Jackie Robinson, St. Louis Cardinals, Defense
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Back in the bigs
Sun StaffFirst in a series of occasional articles on the Orioles' five decades in Baltimore. In a March 1953 meeting in Tampa, Fla., the owners of the eight American League franchises rejected Bill Veeck's plan to move his downtrodden St. Louis Browns to...Tags: Television, New York Giants, Arts, Regional Authority, National League
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Five nostalgic books on baseball
My father, Bill Guilfoile, was a baseball executive for 40 years with the New York Yankees, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was also a compulsive reader, and it's no surprise that his favorite subject was the game that has...Tags: New York University, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Roberto Clemente Jr.
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