The greatest play in baseball history took place 40 years ago on April 25, 1976 #Flag #greatestplayinbaseball #baseball #semperfi

The greatest play in baseball history took place 40 years ago on April 25, 1976 #Flag #greatestplayinbaseball #baseball #semperfi

The greatest play in baseball history took place 40 years ago on April 25, 1976

Chicago Cubs Outfielder Rick Monday who served in the US Marine Corps saved the flag on April 25, 1976

Flag-saving moment still winning salutes

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-04-25-rick-monday_x.htm

Updated 4/25/2006 2:49 AM ET By Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

The hand was trembling, the voice was quivering, and tears were running down his face.

The World War II soldier, who survived the Pearl Harbor attack, looked Rick Monday in the eyes, slowly raised his right arm, and saluted him.

"Thank you," Monday recalls the soldier telling him last year. "And thank you from all of my shipmates."

Thirty years ago today, Monday became an American hero.

It was the day he saved the American flag.

"It was the greatest heroic act that's ever happened on a baseball field," Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda said. "He protected the symbol of everything that we live for. And the symbol that we live in the greatest country in the world."

The Hall of Fame recently voted Monday's act as one of the 100 classic moments in the history of the game. Monday, who spent 19 years in the major leagues and is a Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster, will be honored tonight with a video tribute at Minute Maid Park in Houston.

They'll replay a grainy videotape that was discovered in 1984 showing two people jumping over the railing in left field and spreading the American flag onto the Dodger Stadium turf. One man dousing the flag with lighter fluid. The other lighting a match. And Monday, playing for the Chicago Cubs, running in from center field, grabbing the flag and carrying it to safety.

They'll play Vin Scully's voice from the radio broadcast: "Wait a minute, there's an animal loose. Two of them! I'm not sure what he's doing out there. It looks like he's going to burn a flag. ...

"And Rick Monday runs and takes it away from him!"

And perhaps the crowd will duplicate the same reaction as 30 years ago: sitting in stunned silence, then standing, cheering, and spontaneously singing God Bless America.

Read much more here:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-04-25-rick-monday_x.htm

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August 26, 1939 History.com First televised Major League baseball game

August 26, 1939 History.com First televised Major League baseball game

This Day in History

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-televised-major-league-baseball-game

On this day in 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.

At the time, television was still in its infancy. Regular programming did not yet exist, and very few people owned television sets–there were only about 400 in the New York area. Not until 1946 did regular network broadcasting catch on in the United States, and only in the mid-1950s did television sets become more common in the American household. Read more: 

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-televised-major-league-baseball-game August 26, 1939 History.com First televised Major League baseball game

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Baltimore Orioles baseball, celebrating 60 years of Orioles baseball.

Baltimore Orioles baseball, celebrating 60 years of Orioles baseball.

March 31, 2014

The Baltimore Orioles have a wonderful website, “Celebrating 60 years of Orioles Baseball” here: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/fan_forum/60_anniversary_mediaguides.jsp  Well, at least that is where the media guides, 1954-2013 are located.

I have written quite a number of stories on baseball, baseball in Carroll County, Md., and the Baltimore Orioles, http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Sports%20Baltimore%20Orioles, over the years and have attended a few spring trainings in Florida.

Next week’s column will touch upon some of the history of Orioles baseball. That column will be published here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=Kevin+Dayhoff&target=adv_all

I just spent a great deal of time thoroughly enjoying going through the 1954 media guide which may be found here: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/fan_forum/media_guides.jsp?loc=1954

Please enjoy… Just saying. Play ball.

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Original Popi's Place sold to Pittsburgh Pirates, to be demolished for parking | Small Business | Bradenton Herald

Original Popi's Place sold to Pittsburgh Pirates, to be demolished for parking | Small Business | Bradenton Herald: 

BY CHARLES SCHELLE  

 http://www.bradenton.com/search_results?q=Schelle

http://www.bradenton.com/2014/02/15/4994368/original-popis-place-sold-to-pittsburgh.html

"BRADENTON -- The Pittsburgh Pirates are tearing down the original Popi's Place I to build a parking lot.

The restaurant, previously sold in 2004 by Popi and Manny Ameres to Gus Johnson, was purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates and will be demolished after spring training to become a parking lot for McKechnie Field, the organization announced Friday.

The deal closed at 3 p.m. Friday, and at the same time, the restaurant closed for good, said Trevor Gooby, senior director of Florida operations for the Pittsburgh Pirates."

http://www.bradenton.com/2014/02/15/4994368/original-popis-place-sold-to-pittsburgh.html

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MLB suspends Alex Rodriguez through 2014 season

MLB suspends Alex Rodriguez through 2014 season

Washington Post: Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has been suspended by Major League Baseball through the 2014 season, pending an appeal. Twelve other players have agreed to take 50-game bans as part of the league's Biogenesis drug investigation. 

Read more at: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/person-familiar-with-deliberations-a-rod-to-be-suspended-monday-can-play-during-appeal/2013/08/04/ad744552-fd64-11e2-8294-0ee5075b840d_story.html 

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New York Times:

BREAKING NEWS Monday, August 5, 2013 3:14 PM EDT

Rodriguez Suspended Through 2014 Season in Doping Inquiry; 12 Others Suspended for 50 Games Alex Rodriguez was among 13 players suspended by Major League Baseball on Monday for violating the league’s antidoping protocols, the biggest single-day drug bust in the sport’s history. Rodriguez, pending an appeal, will be barred for 211 games – through the 2014 season — by far the longest ban levied by the league for a doping violation. The league cited his “use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited, performance-enhancing substances” over many years. Recovering from hip surgery and a quadriceps strain, Rodriguez had planned to make his 2013 return to the Yankees’ lineup Monday night in Chicago against the White Sox. Rodriguez is expected to announce shortly whether he plans to appeal. He would be eligible to play until his appeal is heard by an arbitrator. READ MORE » http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/sports/baseball/mlb-suspends-12-in-doping-investigation.html?emc=edit_na_20130805

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Baseball memories are a field of dreams in Carroll County and other Oriole Baseball stories By Kevin Dayhoff

 Baseball memories are a field of dreams in Carroll County

By Kevin Dayhoff, February 26, 2012

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0304-20120301,0,4207984.story

In 1895 local newspapers, “carried a baseball column every week in the spring editions,” according to research by historian and Maryland State Senator Joe Getty.

Getty wrote about his research in the early 1990s for the Historical Society of Carroll County. “Following the Civil War, the sport of baseball became increasingly popular in Carroll County. Large groups of spectators would gather at the local ballfields to watch their friends and neighbors take on the baseball clubs from nearby communities. The games not only provided entertainment but also competitive outlets for rivalries between Carroll County's towns and villages.”

Many readers have shared that some of their best childhood memories centered on sports, especially baseball; whether it was pick-up neighborhood baseball or attending local Little League or Babe Ruth League baseball games.

When I visited the Orioles spring training practice in Sarasota on February 23, I enjoyed chatting with the team’s Director of Public Relations, Monica Barlow, from Ellicott City.

Our conversation quickly turned to Camden Yards… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0304-20120301,0,4207984.story

“It’s the 20th anniversary season of Camden Yards…,” said Barlow. “You know it’s considered to the ‘the ball park that forever changed baseball.’ (Now,) It’s the tenth-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball… and every ballpark since has been inspired by – or used (design) elements from the (Camden) Yard(s.)

“We have a number of renovations (planned for Camden Yards) that we’re excited about…,” continued Ms. Barlow. “Most notably the six retired-number sculptures…”

According to the Orioles website, “Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the beautiful baseball-only facility in downtown Baltimore, became the official home of the Orioles on April 6, 1992.”

After last week’s column, some readers were curious about where the early Orioles teams played. Before Camden Yards, many of us have fond memories of attending games in the old Memorial Stadium on 33rd Street.

Memorial Stadium was the home of the American League Orioles from April 15, 1954 to October 6, 1991. However, according to numerous sources, including ballparksofbaseball.com, “The Baltimore Orioles of the International League played the first game at Memorial Stadium on April 20, 1950.”

When the Baltimore Orioles were a part of the “American Association League,” from1882 to 1889, the team played at a stadium called “Oriole Park,” which was located at 25^th Street and Greenmount Avenue. Between 1889 and 1950, the team played in a number of locations.

Beginning around 1916 the team played at a wooden stadium, Terrapin Park at the corner of 29th Street and Greenmount Avenue, until it burned to the ground on July 3, 1944.

And, for the reader who asked; yes, the former Federal League Baltimore Terrapins baseball team (1914-1915) was a primary party in the famous May 29, 1922 Supreme Court decision in the Federal Baseball Club v. National League suit. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. wrote the majority opinion which determined that baseball was not subject to the Sherman Antitrust Act… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0304-20120301,0,4207984.story

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In 1885, Westminster did a little Orioles bird hunting on the diamond

February 25, 2012 ...team by a score of 9 to 7." When he's not trying out as a walk-on candidate for Orioles' spring training,

McDaniel's new Gill Stadium will take its place in college's athletic history

February 9, 2012 ...ball ... providing for both men and women." When is not walking in circles on the track at McDaniel College

Eagle Archive: Evans Store robbery in 1895 reminds us to hang onto our socks

February 4, 2012 ... They are desperate men and declared that they would not be taken alive." When he not hiding under the sofa

Eagle Archive: High school basketball has always been a great remedy for cabin fever January 29, 2012 ...schoolroom in which basketball was conducted." When is he not bouncing a basketball around in the living room,

Eagle Archive: Murder and mayhem led to Carroll's last public hanging in 1916

February 15, 2012 ... had assembled as early as the night before to witness the hanging. When he's not stooped over pouring milk,

From constables to bailiffs to chiefs, a history of Westminster policing

December 14, 2011 ... keep us safe for the Christmas season . God bless them for their work. When he is not Christmas shopping,

From bread basket to bread lines, Carroll has ridden economic waves

January 5, 2012 ... apologize to readers for ... such depressing news." When he is not singing, "Don't Worry, Be Happy,"

Guest at Carroll County's birthday recalls role in the War of 1812

January 15, 2012 BY KEVIN DAYHOFF, ... 848-6494. When he is not marching around the house, waving the flag and singing "The Star Spangled Banner,"

20120314 seo Recent articles in ExploreCarroll com by Kevin Dayhoff

Wednesday, February 29, 2012: Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: #Orioles Spring Training - Opera without the singing or the horses http://tinyurl.com/73zogq4 http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4947 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/02/kevin-dayhoff-tentacle-orioles-spring.html http://tinyurl.com/737gd5f Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: #Orioles Spring Training - Opera without the singing or the horses http://tinyurl.com/737gd5f

February 9, 2012: Eagle Archive McDaniel's new Gill Stadium will take its place in college's athletic history  By Kevin Dayhoff, http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0212-20120208,0,3363909.story

Wednesday, February 15, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4921 Sad Times for Eastman Kodak, TheTentacle.com: by Kevin E. Dayhoff

Wednesday, February 22, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4934: #Orioles #Baseball spring training & the “Magic” of Jackie Robinson http://tinyurl.com/7pmgjjg Wednesday,

www.explorecarroll.com - http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0226-20120222,0,6575174.story: Eagle Archive #Sports #History: In 1885, #Westminster did a little #Orioles bird hunting on the diamond http://tinyurl.com/7vxlmhx

www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/orioles-spring-training-in-sarasota-pays-homage-to-history-and-looks-to-the-future: SPORTS #Orioles Spring Training Pays Homage To History And Looks To The Future By Kevin E. Dayhoff: http://patch.com/A-rdbv

www.westminster.patch.com - http://westminster.patch.com/articles/orioles-see-changes-in-spring-training-in-sarasota: The history of Baltimore baseball goes back 130 years. http://patch.com/A-rdbW

Sunday, February 26, 2012: www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/spring-training-in-sarasota-and-the-florida-grapefruit-league-have-a-long-history: Florida Spring Training History: Wrestling Alligators and Cash - Spring training in Florida has had a colorful history with the temptations of the warm climate for players and temptations of cash for owners. By Kevin E. Dayhoff

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Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: #Orioles Spring Training - Opera without the singing or the horses http://tinyurl.com/73zogq4

Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: #Orioles Spring Training - Opera without the singing or the horses http://tinyurl.com/73zogq4 http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4947

February 9, 2012: Eagle Archive McDaniel's new Gill Stadium will take its place in college's athletic history  By Kevin Dayhoff, http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0212-20120208,0,3363909.story

Wednesday, February 15, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4921 Sad Times for Eastman Kodak, TheTentacle.com: by Kevin E. Dayhoff

Wednesday, February 22, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4934: #Orioles #Baseball spring training & the “Magic” of Jackie Robinson http://tinyurl.com/7pmgjjg Wednesday,

www.explorecarroll.com - http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0226-20120222,0,6575174.story: Eagle Archive #Sports #History: In 1885, #Westminster did a little #Orioles bird hunting on the diamond http://tinyurl.com/7vxlmhx

www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/orioles-spring-training-in-sarasota-pays-homage-to-history-and-looks-to-the-future: SPORTS #Orioles Spring Training Pays Homage To History And Looks To The Future By Kevin E. Dayhoff: http://patch.com/A-rdbv

www.westminster.patch.com - http://westminster.patch.com/articles/orioles-see-changes-in-spring-training-in-sarasota: The history of Baltimore baseball goes back 130 years. http://patch.com/A-rdbW

Sunday, February 26, 2012: www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/spring-training-in-sarasota-and-the-florida-grapefruit-league-have-a-long-history: Florida Spring Training History: Wrestling Alligators and Cash - Spring training in Florida has had a colorful history with the temptations of the warm climate for players and temptations of cash for owners. By Kevin E. Dayhoff

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Abbott and Costello: Who's on first?

Abbott and Costello perform the classic "Who's on first?" baseball sketch in their 1945 film "The Naughty Nineties" first performed as part of their stage act. Still find this really funny... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

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Eagle Archive McDaniel's new Gill Stadium will take its place in college's athletic history  By Kevin Dayhoff, February 9, 2012 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0212-20120208,0,3363909.story

Wednesday, February 15, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4921 Sad Times for Eastman Kodak, TheTentacle.com: by Kevin E. Dayhoff

Wednesday, February 22, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4934: #Orioles #Baseball spring training & the “Magic” of Jackie Robinson http://tinyurl.com/7pmgjjg Wednesday,

www.explorecarroll.com - http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0226-20120222,0,6575174.story: Eagle Archive #Sports #History: In 1885, #Westminster did a little #Orioles bird hunting on the diamond http://tinyurl.com/7vxlmhx

www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/orioles-spring-training-in-sarasota-pays-homage-to-history-and-looks-to-the-future: SPORTS #Orioles Spring Training Pays Homage To History And Looks To The Future By Kevin E. Dayhoff: http://patch.com/A-rdbv

www.westminster.patch.com - http://westminster.patch.com/articles/orioles-see-changes-in-spring-training-in-sarasota: The history of Baltimore baseball goes back 130 years. http://patch.com/A-rdbW

www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/spring-training-in-sarasota-and-the-florida-grapefruit-league-have-a-long-history: Florida Spring Training History: Wrestling Alligators and Cash - Spring training in Florida has had a colorful history with the temptations of the warm climate for players and temptations of cash for owners. By Kevin E. Dayhoff Sunday, February 26, 2012

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Sarasota Patch – Kevin Dayhoff: Florida Spring Training History: Wrestling Alligators and Cash http://patch.com/A-rddD

Sarasota Patch – Kevin Dayhoff: Florida Spring Training History: Wrestling Alligators and Cash http://patch.com/A-rddD

www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/spring-training-in-sarasota-and-the-florida-grapefruit-league-have-a-long-history: Florida Spring Training History: Wrestling Alligators and Cash - Spring training in Florida has had a colorful history with the temptations of the warm climate for players and temptations of cash for owners. By Kevin E. Dayhoff Sunday, February 26, 2012

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Eagle Archive McDaniel's new Gill Stadium will take its place in college's athletic history  By Kevin Dayhoff, February 9, 2012 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0212-20120208,0,3363909.story

Wednesday, February 15, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4921 Sad Times for Eastman Kodak, TheTentacle.com: by Kevin E. Dayhoff

Wednesday, February 22, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4934: #Orioles #Baseball spring training & the “Magic” of Jackie Robinson http://tinyurl.com/7pmgjjg Wednesday,

www.explorecarroll.com - http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0226-20120222,0,6575174.story: Eagle Archive #Sports #History: In 1885, #Westminster did a little #Orioles bird hunting on the diamond http://tinyurl.com/7vxlmhx

www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/orioles-spring-training-in-sarasota-pays-homage-to-history-and-looks-to-the-future: SPORTS #Orioles Spring Training Pays Homage To History And Looks To The Future By Kevin E. Dayhoff: http://patch.com/A-rdbv

www.westminster.patch.com - http://westminster.patch.com/articles/orioles-see-changes-in-spring-training-in-sarasota: The history of Baltimore baseball goes back 130 years. http://patch.com/A-rdbW

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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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Sarasota Patch @SarasotaPatch The @Orioles Spring Training pays homage to history while looking to the future from @KevinDayhoff patch.com/A-rdbv

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Related: Orioles Spring Training: Paying Homage to History, Looking to the Future

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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

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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

@SarasotaPatch The @Orioles @ImYourChuck

SPORTS Orioles Spring Training Pays Homage To History And Looks To The Future By Kevin E. Dayhoff

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http://westminster.patch.com/articles/orioles-see-changes-in-spring-training-in-sarasota

http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/orioles-baseball-operations-center-readies-for-spring

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2012/02/kevin-dayhoff-orioles-spring-training.html

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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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Sarasota Patch @SarasotaPatch The @Orioles Spring Training pays homage to history while looking to the future from @KevinDayhoff patch.com/A-rdbv

Sarasota Patch @SarasotaPatch The @Orioles Spring Training pays homage to history while looking to the future from patch.com/A-rdbv

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TheTentacle.com: "February 22, 2012 The “Magic” of Jackie Robinson Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4934

…Nevertheless, as I arrived in Sarasota last Saturday evening, in part, to attend as many of the spring training sessions as possible, my thoughts turn to several of my all-time favorite baseball stories.

One story is about the saga of how one my sports heroes, Jackie Robinson, broke the Major League Baseball color barrier, which had begun in the 1880s, on April 15, 1947.

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The first day of Baltimore Orioles’ spring training began Sunday when the pitchers and catchers reported for the annual ritual in Sarasota, Florida.

It’s a sure sign that – thankfully – spring weather is about to make its debut in Maryland.

Baseball has always been a favorite topic for many local history writers. And why not? Writing about baseball is fun. It has everything to warm the keyboard including summertime, arcane statistics, intrigue, colorful events, talent, family, and friends.

Articles about sports are fun to read and sports writers are some of my favorite writers… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4934

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And: http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0226-20120222,0,6575174.story

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

Kevin Dayhoff - http://www.explorecarroll.com: In 1885, #Westminster did a little #Orioles bird hunting on the diamond http://tinyurl.com/7vxlmhx

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And: Orioles Spring Training: Paying Homage to History, Looking to the Future

http://westminster.patch.com/articles/orioles-see-changes-in-spring-training-in-sarasota http://tinyurl.com/6wngxd2

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

Dayhoff Media Westminster Patch, US st Fl Long Boat Sarasota 2012 Feb, US st Florida Long Boat Key Sarasota, US st Florida 2012 Feb, Sports, Sports Baltimore Orioles, Sports Baseball,

Dayhoff photos sports,

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2012/02/kevin-dayhoff-orioles-spring-training.html

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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

@SarasotaPatch The @Orioles @ImYourChuck

SPORTS Orioles Spring Training Pays Homage To History And Looks To The Future By Kevin E. Dayhoff

Related links:

http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/orioles-spring-training-in-sarasota-pays-homage-to-history-and-looks-to-the-future

http://westminster.patch.com/articles/orioles-see-changes-in-spring-training-in-sarasota

http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/orioles-baseball-operations-center-readies-for-spring

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2012/02/kevin-dayhoff-orioles-spring-training.html

https://twitter.com/#!/kevindayhoff

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2012/02/orioles-baseball-history-carroll.html

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Eagle Archive McDaniel's new Gill Stadium will take its place in college's athletic history  By Kevin Dayhoff, February 9, 2012 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0212-20120208,0,3363909.story

Wednesday, February 15, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4921 Sad Times for Eastman Kodak, TheTentacle.com: by Kevin E. Dayhoff

Wednesday, February 22, 2012: www.thetentacle.com - http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4934: #Orioles #Baseball spring training & the “Magic” of Jackie Robinson http://tinyurl.com/7pmgjjg Wednesday,

www.explorecarroll.com - http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0226-20120222,0,6575174.story: Eagle Archive #Sports #History: In 1885, #Westminster did a little #Orioles bird hunting on the diamond http://tinyurl.com/7vxlmhx

www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/orioles-spring-training-in-sarasota-pays-homage-to-history-and-looks-to-the-future: SPORTS #Orioles Spring Training Pays Homage To History And Looks To The Future By Kevin E. Dayhoff: http://patch.com/A-rdbv

www.westminster.patch.com - http://westminster.patch.com/articles/orioles-see-changes-in-spring-training-in-sarasota: The history of Baltimore baseball goes back 130 years. http://patch.com/A-rdbW

www.sarasota.patch.com - http://sarasota.patch.com/articles/spring-training-in-sarasota-and-the-florida-grapefruit-league-have-a-long-history: Florida Spring Training History: Wrestling Alligators and Cash - Spring training in Florida has had a colorful history with the temptations of the warm climate for players and temptations of cash for owners. By Kevin E. Dayhoff Sunday, February 26, 2012

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