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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: American League, Brooks Robinson, Memorial Stadium, Hoyt Wilhelm, New York Yankees
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Is there an underdog in the AL East this season?
The Baltimore SunHere’s another subplot in the build-up to what should be a free-for-all in the AL East this summer: Almost every team in the division can play the nobody-believed-in-us card. With the exception of maybe the Blue Jays, who generated the most...Tags: Google+, American League East, David Ortiz, Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox
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Looking at two major boys basketball shakeups, one year apart [Commentary]
As Yogi Berra once said, "It's deja vu all over again." Early this week, the Aberdeen boys basketball team, which was a real contender to snag the UCBAC Chesapeake (upper) Division title, announced that it had forfeited the first 15 games of its season...Tags: Elkton
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Reaction to Earl Weaver's death
Peter Angelos, Orioles managing partner "Earl Weaver stands alone as the greatest manager in the history of the Orioles organization and one of the greatest in the history of baseball. This is a sad day for everyone who knew him and for all Orioles...
Tags: Babe Ruth, Major League Baseball, Adam Jones (baseball), World Series, American League East
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What they're saying about the Orioles
The Baltimore SunHere's a roundup of what other media outlets are saying about the Orioles: ** Joe Posnanski of Sports on Earth offers his take on Orioles catcher Matt Wieters after his two-homer performance in a win against the Athletics. It is becoming less and less...Tags: Major League Baseball, Matt Wieters, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, American League East, Chuck Norris
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The Orioles -- and Baltimore -- reawaken
It thoroughly confounds the pundits that the Baltimore Orioles, separated by 15 years from their last winning season, and with a roster dominated by the young and unknown, would host the New York Yankees in a September series with first place on the line....
Tags: Brooks Robinson, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, World Series, Yankee Stadium, American League
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Fields of Pikesville is closing
The Baltimore SunAfter 120 years of continuous operation, Fields of Pikesville is closing. “It's true,” said Fields co-owner and general manager Jeffrey Levin, whose pharmacist father Norman bought the store from the Fields family in 1946. Levin said that...Tags: Pikesville, Labor Day
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No 'courtesy' for Wegmans
Baltimore County Councilwoman Vicki Almond faces the kind of decision that makes a job like hers tough. She is being asked whether to allow the rezoning of an empty industrial site in Owings Mills to allow a major retail development anchored by a Wegmans....
Tags: Tom Quirk, Elections, Cathy Bevins, Kimco Realty, Reisterstown Road
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Commentary: Throwing out some thoughts after IronBirds media day frenzy
Attending Tuesday afternoon's IronBirds Media Day at Ripken Stadium was, as always, interesting. There's a real sense of urgency in the air, as players scramble around the club level, giving interviews, filling out questionnaires and just generally try...Tags: Carl Yastrzemski, Spring Training, Carlton Fisk, New York Yankees, Jim Rice
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Marjorie G. Gilbert, jewelry store owner
Marjorie G. Gilbert, a retired certified public accountant who co-owned a Baltimore County jewelry business, died of pneumonia complications Feb. 13 at Sinai Hospital. She was 88 and lived in Owings Mills.
Born Marjorie Gross in Newark, N.J., she was a...Tags: Casey Stengel, Barack Obama, Restaurants, Photography Supplies and Services, Photography and Video
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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: Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Major League Baseball, Tris Speaker, Baseball Injuries
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Fond memories of HR king
NEW YORK — Fifty years later, Sal Durante admitted he was so short, he needed to stand on his seat to catch that ball — the one hit by Roger Maris, a man whose stature just keeps growing. There was only admiration Saturday at Yankee Stadium...Tags: Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees, Baseball, Boston Red Sox
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