…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.
[…]
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.
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African-American, Dayhoff writing essays Sports, US st Fl Long Boat Sarasota
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Eagle Archive #Sports #History: In 1885, #Westminster did a
little #Orioles bird hunting on the diamond
http://tinyurl.com/7vxlmhx
… "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.)
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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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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.
Dayhoff photos sports,
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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.
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