Tippy Martinez, Al Bumbry and Ken Singleton won the World Series with the O’s in 1983 and still gather to play golf in the area. They talk about their former team, too, and finally feel optimistic about their chances.
Gunnar Henderson spends his winters away from the spotlight, back in his hometown around his family and friends. “It’s pretty special to be able to be in the big leagues and then go back home and just train and get ready for it there,” Henderson said.
In December, every grassy inch of the roughly 120,000-square feet of playing surface was ripped out—and 1,500 tons of sand below it was replaced—in the field’s first major overhaul since 2000. Then fresh-cut sod from a New Jersey farm, a mix of three cutting-edge varieties of Kentucky bluegrass engineered to resist heat, drought, and disease, was laid on the new sand bed.
Even if the method they used to get here led to those miserable lean rebuild seasons, and the relative inactivity of this winter had the power to push attention elsewhere, all anyone has really wanted was a good team on the field that made showing up or tuning in every night worth it.
Two years into retirement, he still keeps close to the game. As the Orioles prepare for their home opener, we asked Jones five questions about this season’s team.
There’s a wide range of possibilities for how this year will go for both established players and prospects. These are the benchmarks to look for as the season unfurls and you attempt to evaluate the progress of the rebuild that is trying to prove it is no longer a rebuild.
“I’m praying for a good outing,” Temple Rodriguez, Grayson's mother, said. “It’s very surreal. My heart rate’s crazy. And I just want him to have a good outing.”
Sheriff Chuck Jenkins has gained notoriety for casting himself as part of the “constitutional sheriff” movement that resisted federal authority on COVID-19, election results, and gun policy.
Lauren and Danny Coulombe hope to raise autism awareness within a new community and city, by creating an environment that welcomes people like their son, 4-year-old Theo.
It wasn’t long ago that Lamar Jackson and the Ravens seemed to be in a committed, long-term relationship. As the team pushes forward with its offseason, no relationship in the NFL will be more scrutinized. Is a breakup inevitable? Is reconciliation possible? The Baltimore Banner spoke with two financial-therapy experts about how money problems can come between partners — and how they can be overcome as well.
After opening the year without a hit during his first three games, Gunnar Henderson exploded onto the scene with that home run in the fourth inning of Baltimore’s 2-0 victory against the Texas Rangers.
Orioles right-hander Kyle Bradish crumpled to the ground in the second inning after a 104-mph line drive struck his lower right leg against the Texas Rangers on Monday night.
Angel Reese was voted the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, making the St. Frances Academy product the first player from Baltimore to win the prestigious award, and the third from the state of Maryland.
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The game looked like it was over. It should’ve been over. A lazy fly ball to Orioles left fielder Ryan McKenna from Matasaka Yoshida in the ninth inning appeared to be the Red Sox’s last gasp in Saturday’s game, but McKenna instead was left staring at his glove in disbelief after the ball bounced off of it and fell to the ground.