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Baseball: 50 years an Oriole usher and a lifetime of memories
For the past five decades, Gordon Huggins has enjoyed one of the best views in the house. As an usher for the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, he has witnessed six World Series,Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-setting 2,131st...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Cal Ripken, Jr., American League, Baltimore Orioles, Memorial Stadium
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Eldersburg man celebrates golden anniversary as Orioles usher
For the past five decades, Gordon Huggins has enjoyed one of the best views in the house. As an usher for the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, he has witnessed six World Series,Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-setting 2,...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Cal Ripken, Jr., American League, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore Orioles
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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: Carl Yastrzemski, American League, Baseball, Jimmie Foxx, Baltimore City College
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Sports columnist: A moment that wrote itself
The date — Sept. 6, 1995 — had been circled on calendars, not just in Baltimore, but throughout the country. The countdown for the Orioles' Cal Ripken Jr. to break Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games record had gone on for months. And yet, if I...
Tags: Joe DiMaggio, Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, Bill Clinton, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Can Baltimore's 'Ball Boys' be the next 'Pawn Stars?'
The new ABC reality TV series "Ball Boys" opens with the motto: "Every great moment in sports leaves something behind."
This network series set in a Baltimore sports memorabilia shop tells the stories of what happens to some of the stuff left behind....Tags: Radio, Baltimore Orioles, Television Industry, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Television
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More bonus material from the Sun Mag: Cal and Brady
If you're a subscriber to the print edition of The Sun, and I hope you are because it gives you the full SchmuckStop experience, the new Sun Magazine should be on your porch right now with the big spread on Brady Anderson. It looks great and...
Tags: Cal Ripken, Brady Anderson, Baseball, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Bits & Pieces: Mundy now an assistant coach for the Yale women's lacrosse team
Our county has produced more than its share of athletes who have gone on from high school to excel in college and beyond. Alexandra Mundy has to be on the top of any list that records sports achievement. Alex, a 2006 Glenelg High School graduate and an...Tags: Lacrosse, Human Accomplishments, Heisman Trophy, NFL Draft, Under Armour Inc.
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Baseball diplomacy: Ripken hosts Japanese teens
Thinking backon his efforts as an ambassador of baseball, Cal Ripken Jr. recalled howthe teens he worked with in Nicaragua were so excited it was impossible to corral them into groups, while the kids in China were so reserved it was hard to get them out...Tags: Little League Baseball, Cal Ripken, Jr., Multi-Sport Events, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles
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New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter chasing 3,000
He is Mr. November, and every other month in which Major League Baseball is played.
He has more hits than Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, a higher career batting average than Mickey Mantle and a higher postseason average than Joe DiMaggio.
And it won't be...Tags: Joe DiMaggio, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tris Speaker, George Steinbrenner, Media Industry
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Prosecutor uses memorabilia to help witnesses, victims relax
When he and his staff moved back into their offices in the Carroll Building last year after a renovation, Howard County State's Attorney Dario Broccolino noticed how bare the walls were and how lifeless the place seemed.
It had been a while since the...Tags: Joe DiMaggio, Taylor Swift, Cal Ripken, Jr., Multi-Sport Events, John F. Kennedy
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One-on-One with Peter Schmuck: Cal Ripken Jr.
It's hard to believe, but the fresh-faced kid who burst into the Orioles lineup in 1982, caught the final out of the World Series in 1983 and broke Lou Gehrig's supposedly unbreakable consecutive games record in 1995 has reached the half-century mark. Cal...Tags: Joe DiMaggio, High Schools, Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, Family Vacations
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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., American League, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore Orioles, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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