Orioles manager Dave Trembley has strict rules about being on time and they apply to everybody, including his 17-year-old son.

Kevin Trembley has been serving as an Orioles bat boy and helping his father by performing various other duties over the past couple of days. But he arrived at the back fields yesterday long after the workout began and quickly received a lecture from his father about punctuality.

It couldn't have helped that the lecture, which was administered in a playful tone, came in front of Nick Markakis, who is Kevin's favorite player.

"He was late," Dave Trembley said, noticing a reporter standing nearby. "Print that in The Baltimore Sun."