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Showing posts with label Sports Baltimore Orioles 2011 Spring Training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports Baltimore Orioles 2011 Spring Training. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: Baltimore Oriole spring training - Mom, Apple Pie and Baseball

February 23, 2011

Mom, Apple Pie and Baseball
One of the sure signs that winter’s icy-cold grip will soon give way to warmer temperatures and spring flowers is the opening of Baltimore Orioles’ spring training.

Although some of my best childhood memories growing up in Carroll County came from listening to Orioles baseball on WTTR radio in Westminster – I’m not a rabid sports fan. In my family that job is held firmly by my wife. The only occasions in which I have ever heard my otherwise mild-mannered quiet wife, the child of generations of pastors, raise her voice, is when she watches sports.

As a matter of fact, my renewed interest in following the Baltimore sports teams, golf or other more esoteric sporting events such as the Le Tour de France, is a result of the entertaining thrill of watching my wife watch sports.

So, as you may now understand, no winter snowbird hiatus in Florida is complete without the obligatory stopover at the Ed Smith Stadium and sports complex in Sarasota.

And you may already be aware, there is something affirming, if not wonderfully distracting about baseball, especially when you put the national pastime into the context of our nation continuing to strike out with a malingering economic malaise that has been prolonged and exacerbated by the faltering economic errors and parade of foul balls emanating from Washington.

Baseball has always been a favorite topic for many history buffs. It has everything to warm the keyboard of a writer including summertime, arcane statistics, intrigue, and colorful characters and events... http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4246

Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: Baltimore Oriole spring training - Mom, Apple Pie and Baseball



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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Explore Carroll: DAYHOFF: Here's hoping the 2011 Orioles fare better than the 1885 squad

Explore Carroll: DAYHOFF: Here's hoping the 2011 Orioles fare better than the 1885 squad http://t.co/W


Eagle Archive By Kevin Dayhoff One of the first signs that we will survive another Carroll County winter is when the Baltimore Orioles report to spring training. On Feb. 13, Orioles pitchers and catchers were seen reporting to the annual two-month spring training ritual, dubbed the Florida Grapefruit League. They arrived at the Ed Smith Stadium… http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion/5187/heres-hoping-2011-orioles-fare-better-than-1885-squad/ Sports Baltimore Orioles, Sports Baltimore Orioles 2011 Spring Training, US st Florida, US st Florida 2010 Feb, US st Florida Sarasota 2011 Feb

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Recent articles on the Baltimore Orioles in the Baltimore Sun

Recent articles on the Baltimore Orioles in the Baltimore Sun