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Red Sox fan: Why isn't Baltimore turning out to watch its great baseball team?
I am a Red Sox fan (I now live in New England), by way of having been a Braves fan (they were the team of the deep South in the '70s) , by way of having been a Brooklyn Dodgers fan as a very young child (their enemy was the Yankees, and they hired... -
Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, broke color barrier at Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living.
He was 85.
"It's important for America to...Tags: Jesse Owens, Graduation, United States Naval Academy, Electronics, Technology
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Digest: Loyola coach Baloga gets spot in U.S. Open sectional
Et cetera Golf: Chris Baloga carded a 1-under-par 71 and claimed one of six available places in a U.S. Open local qualifying event held in a daylong rain at Clustered Spires Golf Course in Frederick. The men's golf coach at Loyola, which leaves today for...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, College Baseball, Baseball, Students
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Frank Robinson 'taken aback, really,' by statue
The Baltimore SunThe intense stare is captured, the look of a slugger tracking a ball hit well into the night. The bat is dangling from the bronzed Frank Robinson’s left hand. “I’m looking at the ball going out in the outfield, but I am ready to drop...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Buck Showalter, Cal Ripken, Jr., Adam Jones (baseball), Baseball
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New goals for President's Cup during its second year
The President's Cup was created to bring public and private schools together on the city's baseball fields. In this, its second year, the event is being expanded to include a public service project and a financial campaign to raise money to improve and...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Bernard C. Young, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Bud Selig
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A look into the changes coming at Camden Yards
Orioles fans have known since December that their ballpark at Camden Yards will have a different look when the O's open the regular season against the Minnesota Twins on April 6. Now, it's time to take an early peek at the changes that are being made...
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins, Cal Ripken, Jr., Green Monster, Baseball
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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: Inner Harbor, Architecture, Adam Jones (baseball), New York Yankees, Blindness
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Baltimore youth baseball: An uneven playing field
As soon as my husband walks through the front door, I usually can tell whether the high school baseball team he helps coach has won a game. A slow shuffle into the kitchen means a loss. A hearty hello means a win. But lately, wins by double digits have...
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Hospitals and Clinics, Conservation, High School Sports, Baseball
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Pre-game notes: Orioles vs. Blue Jays
The Baltimore SunThe Orioles are going for their first sweep of the Blue Jays in Toronto since 2005 in today's series finale here at the Rogers Centre. The roof here is closed again because of some morning showers outside. Left-hander Brian Matusz will try to snap out...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Endy Chavez, Buck Showalter, Robert Andino, Baseball
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Roberts mentoring Andino, Jones in art of stealing bases
One of the added benefits of Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts being with the team while he continues to recover from multiple concussions is his ability to impart wisdom onto his younger teammates. Roberts has begun to take outfielder Adam Jones...
Tags: Spring Training, Tommy Hunter, American League, Nolan Reimold, Adam Jones (baseball)
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Maritime Industries, Southside Academy pay tribute to Negro leagues
On a warm, sunny afternoon at the Maritime Industries Academy baseball field, posters honoring members of the Negro leagues hung on the outfield fence and dust swirled under the banner honoring Jackie Robinson at home plate.
Members of the Maritime and...Tags: High School Sports, Chicago, Baseball, Cook County, New York City
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Baseball fans meet for diamond dialogue
Talk baseball with Washington native David Paulson for a few minutes, and his obsessive lifelong fandom pours out in facts, figures and lore.
He recalls how he loved the most obscure of Washington Senators players, like outfielder Stan Spence. How he...Tags: Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Branch Rickey, New York Yankees, Sociology
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