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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: Hoyt Wilhelm, New York Yankees, Sports, American League, Museums
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Museums, cultural institutions taking a snow day
Schools and government offices aren't the only things closing down in anticipation of today's snowstorm. Here is a partial list, continually being updated, of cultural and commercial institutions shutting down for the day. The American Visionary Art...
Tags: Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Arts, Maryland Science Center, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
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Sarasota is diamond destination for Orioles fans
For Baltimore baseball fans inspired by the Orioles' surprising success last year, spring training couldn't have come soon enough. Those who never wanted that magic season to end along with newbie Birds fans are already flocking in droves to the team's...Tags: Arts, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Houston Astros, Mark Buehrle
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Back Story: Is the Sports Legends Museum haunted?
Bolton Hill baseball and travel writer Charlie Vascellaro normally can be found hanging out at ballparks. So the opportunity to spend a night in late April at the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Station after hearing tales about ghostly occupants was...Tags: Mount Royal, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Fort McHenry, Politics, Toronto Star
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Jon Miller hasn't given up his connection to Baltimore
When Jon Miller arrived in Baltimore in 1983 to call Orioles games on the radio, the city was thriving. People packed restaurants and bars every night. The Orioles served as the primary reason for that, and later that year — the beloved...
Tags: World Series, Radio, Museums, ESPN (tv network), San Francisco Giants
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Plight of Baltimore's Poe House attracts national attention
Native Londoner Kimberly Marie Freeman lives and works 200 miles north of Baltimore, but she's enthusiastically joining the effort to save one of the city's cultural treasures. Shutting the Edgar Allan Poe House, she says with a hint of exasperation,...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Politics, Auction Service, Manhattan (New York City), Melanie Safka
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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: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Theft, Eddie Murray, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Lou Gehrig
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Summer's Calling: Master of beer and memorabilia
It's 30 minutes before game time at Camden Yards, and Greg Schwalenberg peers out at the vast expanse of empty green seats. He grimaces.
"What kind of crowd are they expecting?" he asks a nearby usher.
"Let's see, 10,000," the man replies.
"It's been...Tags: Marathon, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Johnny Unitas, Arts and Culture
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'His words were golden'
Jim McKay probably would have been a little embarrassed that an entire ballroom of people made such a fuss in his honor last night at the Hilton Baltimore. Throughout his broadcasting career, he always strived to make the story about his subjects, not...Tags: Television, Ice Skating, 2016 Olympic Games, ABC (tv network), Auction Service
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McKay never outgrew state roots
Jim McKay saw so much of the world during his lengthy and legendary broadcasting career. His syrupy voice, endearing charm and calming presence always made viewers of ABC's Wide World of Sports feel at home, whether he was profiling cliff divers in...Tags: Television, 2016 Olympic Games, ABC (tv network), Olympic Games, Career and Workplace
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Mingling with baseball legends
Special to the SunIt was a grand slam get-together at Morgan State University's Murphy Fine Arts Center, as the Babe Ruth Museum presented "A Legendary Evening - Reunion of the 1966 World Champion Baltimore Orioles." Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches,...Tags: World Series, Education, Jim Palmer, All Stars, Orthopedic Surgery
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Character study
Sun StaffYou know them when you see them, or remember them beyond all others - the particularly eccentric ones who wore festive plumage, or whose wardrobes consisted mainly of Orioles give-aways, the ones who gained a special place in Baltimore's baseball memory...Tags: Television, Arts, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Dog (animal), DVDs
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