Eagle Archive #Sports #History: In 1885, #Westminster did a
little #Orioles bird hunting on the diamond http://tinyurl.com/7vxlmhx
Kevin Dayhoff – Carroll Eagle Archive www.explorecarroll.com: SARASOTA,
Fla. — Early in the morning last Sunday, Feb. 19, the Baltimore Orioles pitchers and catchers opened spring training at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota,
Fla., …
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… Buck Showalter …http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/02/eagle-archive-in-1885-westminster-did.html
… "Baseball came to Westminster the year after the end
of the Civil War. Bat-and-ball games had been played since time immemorial, but
modern baseball is descended from the game as played in New York City in the
1840s."
Hershberger records that one of the earliest references to
baseball in Carroll was the "Olympian Base Ball Club (which) was founded
on April 14, 1866."
That may just put Carroll County ahead of Baltimore. A
number of media sources, including VisitBaltimore.org, the website for
Baltimore Convention & Tourism Board, reports the first mention of baseball
in Baltimore came in 1882, "when Harry Vonderhorst sponsored a Baltimore
team in" what was then known as the American Association of baseball
clubs, (1882-1891.)
"In 1894, the (at that time, National League) Baltimore Orioles won their first
professional baseball championship…(In) 1903 the team moved to New York and
eventually became today's NY Yankees." … The current Baltimore Orioles
franchise began playing baseball in 1954 in Memorial Stadium … http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0226-20120222,0,6575174.story
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Last Sunday, the Baltimore Orioles pitchers began the annual
two-month
spring training ritual at the Ed Smith Stadium
Complex in Sarasota, Florida. When this writer arrived last Saturday in
Sarasota, the temperatures were unseasonally warm, but certainly not as hot as
Buck Showalter, the 55-year-old DeFuniak Springs Florida native and returning
Orioles manager must be feeling.
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The history of Baltimore baseball goes back 130 years. http://patch.com/A-rdbW
By Kevin E. Dayhoff:
Last Sunday, the Baltimore Orioles pitchers began the annual two-month
spring training ritual at the Ed Smith Stadium
Complex in Sarasota, Florida. When this writer arrived last Saturday in
Sarasota, the temperatures were unseasonally warm, but certainly not as hot as
Buck Showalter, the 55-year-old DeFuniak Springs Florida native and returning
Orioles manager must be feeling.
Early in the morning last Sunday the Baltimore Orioles
pitchers and catchers opened spring training at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota
Florida under dark skies and a weather forecast of foreboding thunderstorms… http://westminster.patch.com/articles/orioles-see-changes-in-spring-training-in-sarasota
Kevin Dayhoff #Orioles
Spring Training: Paying Homage to History, Looking to the Future http://tinyurl.com/6wngxd2
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Also see: Charles Schelle
– @SarasotaPatch: Baltimore
#Orioles 2012 Spring Training Guide http://tinyurl.com/7n8oeca
@ImYourChuck
Charles Schelle
– Sarasota Patch: Baltimore Orioles 2012 Spring Training Guide http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/baltimore-orioles-2012-spring-training-guide
http://tinyurl.com/7n8oeca
The Baltimore Orioles's 2012 Spring Training in Sarasota
goes full steam starting today at Ed Smith Stadium. By Charles Schelle
The Birds are officially back in town.
The rest of the 40-man roster from the Baltimore Orioles
report today after pitchers and catchers had started their workouts Sunday at Ed Smith Stadium.
The Orioles
have been in Sarasota for 28 months now and will
be here for at least 30 years.
Here's your guide to Spring Training in Sarasota. http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/baltimore-orioles-2012-spring-training-guide
SPORTS Orioles
Spring Training Pays Homage To History And Looks To The Future By Kevin E.
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