Tomorrow afternoon, the Orioles have invited 25 finalists to Camden Yards to audition for the opportunity to be the new public address announcer at the stadium. The new voice will replace Dave McGowan, the longtime PA announcer who announced in December that new job requirements would prevent him from returning to the role he had held for 14 seasons.
The search for a new voice of Camden Yards attracted more than 670 applicants, and that list was whittled down to 25 finalists by a committee of O's front office staff members. The finalists include Maryland residents and those from outside the state, professional broadcasters, and applicants who auditioned at FanFest last month.
The PA announcer's responsibilities include delivering all public address greetings, player introductions and other gameday announcements. The PA announcer works closely with Orioles Productions staff to create a fan-friendly and entertaining experience for fans at Camden Yards.
Mine were in the upper deck in Section 324, three rows from the top of the stadium, looking right down the third base line. That's the afternoon, as bitter winds whipped around us, that I made a bet with one of my pals. He claimed that sluggers would easily reach the upper deck in left field (we both agreed the warehouse would be a more difficult poke). I suggested that those shots to the third deck in left would be far less commonplace than he thought. After some back and forth, we agreed on a $10 a year wager. I'm still waiting for my payoff - and for the first upper deck homer in left (though Anaheim's Rex Hudler and the Orioles' Mark Reynolds have reached the club level in left).
There have been a lot of memories since Camden Yards opened, and the Orioles, in conjunction with MLB Advanced Media, have launched CamdenYards20.com, a Web site to commemorate what is, according to their trademarked phrase, The Ballpark That Forever Changed Baseball.
Peek into the past and behind the scenes to see the park that has been often imitated but never duplicated. You can see videos of opening day 1992, a written history of the venue and its improvements and photo galleries of ballpark construction and celebrity visitors. One of the highlights is the Eutaw Street Home Run Tracker, an interactive map featuring details and videos of all longballs that have landed on Eutaw Street since the ballpark opened. (For the record, Matthew Taylor of Roar From 34 has been doing yeoman's work for years, chronicling those Eutaw Street shots on the aptly named Eutaw Street Chronicles.)
The O's want you to tweet about your Camden Yards memories, and you're encouraged to use the hashtag #CamdenYards20 throughout the 20th anniversary season on Twitter. The site will collect tweets, aggregate them and display them on the front page.
Check back on the site frequently, as new features will be added regularly in coming weeks and months, including interviews with the architects who designed Camden Yards, an interactive timeline of events from the past two decades, special ticket offers and the Camden Yards Classics Countdown, an unveiling of the 20 most exciting games in Oriole Park history.
]]>WBAL Radio announced today plans to broadcast 16 Orioles spring training games, beginning with the team's March 5 showdown with the Pittsburgh Pirates. WBAL Radio is the flagship station of the Orioles and will again broadcast all 162 games during the regular season.
Here is the complete list of games that will be broadcast on WBAL Radio:
Monday, March 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 6 at Boston Red Sox 1:35 p.m.
Thursday, March 8 Atlanta Braves 1:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 10 at Philadelphia Phillies 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 11* Boston Red Sox 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 13 Tampa Bay Rays 1:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 17 Boston Red Sox 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 18* New York Yankees 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 20 Philadelphia Phillies 1:05 p.m.
Friday, March 23 Boston Red Sox 1:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 24 Washington Nationals 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 25* at Philadelphia Phillies 1:05 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28* at Toronto Blue Jays 1:05 p.m.
Thursday, March 29* at New York Yankees 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 31 at Pittsburgh Pirates 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, April 1* Tampa Bay Rays 1:05 p.m.
*- Includes pregame and postgame shows
]]>Spring training tickets can be purchased in the following ways:
* Via the Internet at www.orioles.com/spring.
* By telephone, by calling 800-745-3000. Season, group tickets, suites and other specialty areas are available by calling 941-893-6300.
* By fax or mail. Individual game ticket orders can be faxed or mailed to the Orioles box office in Sarasota. The fax number is 941-893-6377. The mailing address is 2700 12th St., Sarasota, FL, 34237. To request a ticket order form, call the Orioles at 941-893-6300.
* In person. Individual game tickets can be purchased in person at Ed Smith Stadium in the left field ticket office, located at 12th Street and Tuttle Avenue. The box office will be open Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and will then be open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., from Jan. 30-Feb. 10. From Feb. 13-April 2, the box office will be open seven days a week from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Parking is available in the East Lot, located on 12th Street and Tuttle Avenue.
* Through the club's agreement with TicketMaster, tickets can also be purchased at select Sarasota-area WalMart stores.
Click here for the Orioles' spring training schedule.
The Orioles are offering the official spring training travel package that includes hotel accommodations, rental car, game tickets, optional airfare through Southwest Airlines and other amenities. For more information or to order travel packages, fans should visit www.orioles.com/springtravel or call 1-800-892-7687.
The Orioles will play their first of 16 home spring training games in 2012 at Ed Smith Stadium on Monday, March 5 at 7:05 p.m. against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 2012 season marks the third consecutive spring training for the Orioles in Sarasota, and the second in the renovated ballpark. Last season, the Orioles set an all-time Sarasota attendance record at Ed Smith Stadium with 115,506 fans over 16 games, including 10 sellouts.
The Orioles will gift one complimentary upper reserve ticket to a non-prime game for during your birthday month for each fan who registers here. If your birthday falls in January, February or March, you get an April non-prime game. If you were born in October, November or December, you get a September non-prime game. If you register after your birthday month has passed, you can pick a September non-prime date.
Children are eligible for the birthday ticket promotion, but their voucher has to be the parent or legal guardian who registered the child (that parent/guardian must also purchase or hold a valid ticket and sit with their child during the game). For $10, you can upgrade your upper reserve ticket to a left field lower box ticket.
As always, tickets are subject to availability. The last day to redeem tickets is Wednesday, Sept. 26, so all registrations must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. the night before that game. Click here for all the details.
]]>Moskowitz, who serves as the Orioles' coordinator of baseball information and is entering his sixth season with the club, was chosen as the team's representative for "Baseball IQ," a new trivia tournament that premieres Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 9 p.m. It'll take a while to get through 31 head-to-head matchups - one contestant for each major league club, plus reps from MLB.com and the Hall of Fame - but the network's first venture into game shows sets up to be competitive offseason programming.
The 29-year-old Moskowitz - who spent three years at Ripken Baseball and interned in college for the short-season Single-A Brooklyn Cyclones before arriving at Camden Yards - was chosen after the MLB Network queried clubs about the best baseball minds they had to offer. Moskowitz filled out a sample questionnaire and made the cut, with Zack Brown of the O's sales department designated as the runner-up.
Last weekend, Moskowitz ventured to MLB Network's studios in Seacaucus, N.J., not far from his hometown of East Brunswick, N.J., for taping. He's prohibited from saying how long he lasted in the tournament, but made sure to relish the unique experience afforded him.
"It was great. ... It was something I tried to enjoy, but not take too seriously," he said. "I wanted to do well, but at the same time, I didn't want to miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Prepping for a trivia tournament was made even tougher by the innovative format used by "Baseball IQ." Contestants score runs by naming correct answers in categories given them by host Matt Vasgersian. What, you thought entrants were going to be asked gimmes like, "What third baseman earned the nickname, 'The Human Vacuum Cleaner,' based on his sparkling defense in the 1970 World Series?"
No, contestants at "Baseball IQ" are given a topic - say, opening day second basemen for the Braves or managers of the Angels - and alternate giving (hopefully correct) answers. If they repeat a response, give an incorrect answer or fail to come up with a guess, their opponent scores.
Each contestant played for a charity - Moskowitz's was the Orioles Charitable Foundation - and he came away impressed with the first-rate set-up at MLB Network.
Without being too specific, Moskowitz called some of the questions from the pre-taping questionnaire "preposterous," while the actual categories on the show were equally challenging. Focusing his prep work on any particular topic carried with it the risk of not being prepared for some other possible question.
"It was hard to study for. ... It could literally be anything," he said. "Anything at all. But the historical side - 3,000 hits, 500 home runs, stuff like that - is always kicking around my head because of work. It's what I'm used to."
Part of Moskowitz's job with the O's is to collect interesting facts and feed them to the media. That can happen as part of each game's press notes, via emails to reporters or by face-to-face visits in the press box. In those instances, Moskowitz conveys what he knows without worrying about camera angles, makeup, time limits or blinding studio lights.
"I'm used to being behind the scenes," said Moskowitz, a Canton resident. "I kind of like the anonymity. It was surreal. The biggest challenge, I think, was trying to focus in the moment. ... The game show setup, that was unique (compared) to what I'd done before."
Update: Moskowitz's first-round match-up will be aired Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 9:30 p.m. Tune in to see if the O's representative advances to the next round.
]]>As part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Camden Yards, and to commemorate the dedication of statues honoring the club's six members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., the Orioles will distribute miniature replicas of the likenesses of Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Earl Weaver, Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. to all fans in attendance at the game at which each statue is dedicated. The giveaways associated with the Orioles Legends Dedication Series could be the most prized premiums during the 2012 campaign.
The larger-than-life bronze sculptures will be unveiled each month during the season in the order in which each player's number was retired by the Orioles - Frank Robinson on Saturday, April 28; Brooks Robinson on Saturday, May 12; Weaver on Saturday, June 30; Palmer on Saturday, July 14; Murray on Saturday, Aug. 11; and Ripken on Thursday, Sept 6, the 17th anniversary of the night the Iron Man broke Yankee great Lou Gehrig's consecutive games streak.
Also during the 2012 season, O's fans will be asked to select the player whose bobblehead likeness will be given away to the first 20,000 fans 15 and over at the Saturday, Sept. 29 game as part of Fan Appreciation Weekend. More details on the fans' choice bobblehead giveaway presented by AT&T will be forthcoming.
The return of the cartoon bird this season will be accompanied by two perennial giveaway favorites. The first 15,000 fans 15 and over will receive a cartoon bird home cap on Sunday, June 15, while the first 20,000 fans 21 and over will snag an Orioles Maryland flag floppy hat - featuring the cartoon bird logo on the front and the Maryland flag on the top panel - courtesy of Miller Lite on Friday, July 27.
During Memorial Day weekend, the first 10,000 fans 15 and older at the game on Sunday , May 27 will get an O's camouflage script t-shirt. A Matt Wieters orange replica jersey will go to the first 15,000 fans 15 and over on Friday, July 13. T-shirt Thursdays will return during each month of the season, with the first 10,000 fans 15 and older receiving an O's t-shirt with a different design on April 26, May 10, June 28, July 26, Aug. 9 and Sept. 13.
On Wednesday, Aug. 15, the first 10,000 fans 14 and under will receive an Orioles collectible truck, presented by W.B. Mason. Other promotions designed specifically for younger fans include two post-game Kids Run the Bases events on Sunday, June 24 and Sunday, Aug. 12; Little League Days on Sunday, April 29 and Sunday, May 27; Boy Scout Night on Saturday, May 12; Girl Scout Day on Sunday, June 24; and Day Camper Day on Thursday, July 26. A popular attraction for school groups over the last several years, Field Trip Day presented by MASN and WJZ returns for pre-registered school groups on Wednesday, May 23.
Other giveaways scheduled for the upcoming season include a 2012 schedule and car magnet, featuring the cartoon bird, for all fans at opening day on Friday, April 6; a Mother's Day sun hat for the first 10,000 women 18 and over on Sunday, May 13; a drawstring bag presented by MLB Network for the first 10,000 fans on Wednesday, June 13; and an Oriole Park 20th anniversary tumbler for the first 10,000 fans 15 and over on Saturday, June 23.
Postgame fireworks nights return on five Fridays this season - May 25, June 29, July 27, Aug. 24 and Sept. 28. Fireworks will begin shortly after the completion of the 7:05 p.m. games. Fan Appreciation Weekend is scheduled for the final home series of the season, Sept. 28-30 against the Boston Red Sox.
]]>At ESSKAY Autograph Station 1, Pedro Strop and Joe Mahoney have replaced Bell and Swaggerty for the 11:20 a.m. session.
At ESSKAY Autograph Station 2, fans can get signatures from Brian Matusz and Alfredo Simon at 11:20 a.m. instead of Roberts. Darren O'Day has been added to the 12:40 p.m. session at Station 2.
At ESSKAY Autograph Station 3, Al Bumbry has been added to the 12:40 p.m. signing. Jim Johnson and Simon will be signing in Roberts' place at 2 p.m. and Mahoney replaces Hudson for the 3:20 p.m. session.
Fans with questions about the changes in the autograph lineup can call 1-888-848-BIRD to discuss their concerns.
]]>You'll have the opportunity to pick up some great giveaways at the MASN booth, premiums you can't get anywhere else. Want to get your photo taken with an Orioles player? We'll make it happen, and post the proof of you rubbing elbows with Adam Jones and Brian Matusz on our MASN Orioles Facebook page.
You can meet and greet MASN talent and MASNsports.com writers, who will be happy to talk all things black and orange with you. And once again, some lucky fans will be able to play MASN Fun Feud, our faux game show modeled after "Family Feud," with exciting prizes for the winners.
Keep your mobile device handy for our special text-to-win contests. All you need to do is text FANFEST to 29292 and you'll get updates during Saturday's festivities, Orioles news and much more.
Stay tuned to Orioles Buzz for more FanFest information as the week goes on, and we'll see you Saturday at the Convention Center. Doors open at 11 a.m. (10 a.m. for season ticket plan holders). Click here for more information on tickets.
]]>Under the auspices of the Cardboard to Leather program started by the Oriole Advocates in 1992, generous fans, teams and corporate entities have extended the reach of the volunteer organization that promotes interest in baseball in Baltimore - and beyond. The shipments to Nicaragua and Puerto Rico comprise 586 boxes filled with almost 25,000 pieces of equipment and clothing to be used by youth baseball and softball teams that otherwise might not have any.
"There are so many things we take for granted. ... We're a nation that deals with a lot of excess, so that kid that's never been given a new uniform, we're able to make sure we don't go without one," explains Oriole Advocates president Jim Menendez. "We extend the life of baseball equipment by sending it where it's most needed, places where they don't have that equipment. And we're taking the American pastime into other countries. It's very rewarding."
Or, as a recent tweet from the group's brand-new Twitter account (@OrioleAdvocates) explained: "Old baseball gear doesn't die, the Oriole Advocates send it where it's needed."
What kind of equipment are we talking about? Some is new, some is used. Helmets, bases, home plates, pitching rubbers, catcher's gear, pants, jerseys, cleats, umpire's accessories, tees and other training aids - all are sent to impoverished areas where children don't have them. The program was born from a 1992 story in the Baltimore Sun by John Eisenberg, who described youths using sticks as bats and pieces of cardboard instead of gloves. The late Chuck Lippy, a future Advocates president, read the dispatch and knew his group could help ensure that balls and bats replaced the faraway youths' makeshift equipment.
Each season, the Advocates hold a weekend collection at Camden Yards, encouraging O's fans to root through closets, garages and basements for usable equipment that can be cleaned up, repaired if necessary and sent wherever it can be used. But the effort isn't a one-weekend thing. Rec leagues and college teams recycle their jerseys to give them new life. Boy Scouts have used collections as Eagle Scout projects and Jewish children have turned their Bar Mitzvahs into vehicles to raise money and seek donations. The collections have been extended to the Orioles' in-state minor league affiliates: short-season Single-A Aberdeen, Single-A Frederick and Delmarva, and Double-A Bowie. Area corporations - from warehousing to logistics to shipping firms - have willingly donated to a good cause.
"This has been a banner year," says Denis Kail, the Advocates' Cardboard to Leather chairman. "If you do the math, it's over 24,000 pieces of equipment and that's really good."
Last summer, Dale Hansen, the wife of former Oriole Ron Hansen, approached the Advocates about sending a shipment of equipment to Chihuahua, Mexico, where the minister in her church performs missionary work. That request yielded 300 pieces of equipment. The partnership with programs in Nicaragua has been ongoing for several years, and ex-Oriole Benny Ayala is the group's contact in Puerto Rico.
"We're already hitting the ground running for the next (collection)," said Kail, who is preparing to start the process anew at Dunloggin Middle School, where eighth-graders use Cardboard to Leather as a community service project.
The Advocates are involved in other worthy community causes - they run Challenger League teams for players with physical or intellectual disabilities, administer the Orioles Hall of Fame and operate a foundation that provides assistance and support for nonprofit and charitable organizations that encourage an interest in baseball. And if they ever forget why they collect equipment for the Cardboard to Leather program, a reminder hangs on the wall of their offices at Camden Yards.
"We've still got the original piece of cardboard, fashioned into a ball glove, hanging in our office," Menendez said. "It's a pretty good reminder."
]]>The procedure is identical to the system introduced at last year's FanFest. Vouchers go on sale at www.orioles.com/fanfest at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7. Last year, all vouchers sold out before FanFest, so plan accordingly, using the following schedule of player, manager and alumni appearances:
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 1 - 10 a.m. (open only to the first 250 season plan holders in attendance):
Jake Arrieta
Brad Bergesen
Dana Eveland
Chris Hoiles
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 1 - 11:20 a.m.:
Josh Bell
Jim Johnson
Mark Reynolds
Bill Swaggerty
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 2 - 11:20 a.m.:
Ryan Adams
Jason Berken
Brian Roberts
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 3 - 11:20 a.m.:
Zach Britton
Ryan Flaherty
Tommy Hunter
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 1 - 12:40:
Rick Dempsey
J.J. Hardy
Nolan Reimold
Larry Sheets
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 2 - 12:40 p.m.:
Kevin Gregg
Adam Jones
Jim Palmer
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 3 - 12:40 p.m.:
Matt Angle
Mike Bordick
Nick Markakis
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 1 - 2 p.m.:
Chris Hoiles
Clay Rapada
Chris Tillman
Matt Wieters
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 2 p.m.:
Brady Anderson
Jake Arrieta
Mark Reynolds
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 3 - 2 p.m.:
Troy Patton
Brian Roberts
Buck Showalter
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 1 - 3:20 p.m.:
Oliver Drake
Dana Eveland
Tommy Hunter
Jim Palmer
ESSKAY Autograph Station No.2 - 3:20 p.m.:
Zach Britton
Rick Krivda
Zach Phillips
Nolan Reimold
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 3 - 3:20 p.m.:
Mike Bordick
Kyle Hudson
Adam Jones
Brian Matusz
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 1 - 4:40 p.m.:
Brady Anderson
Robert Andino
Nick Markakis
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 2 - 4:40 p.m.:
J.J. Hardy
Jai Miller
Troy Patton
Taylor Teagarden
ESSKAY Autograph Station No. 3 - 4:40 p.m.:
Matt Antonelli
Chris Davis
Rick Dempsey
Matt Wieters
FanFest will be held Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Baltimore Convention Center from 11 a.m.-6 p.m., though season plan holders get to enter an hour early at 10 a.m. The first 250 season plan holders in attendance will get a complimentary voucher for an autograph session beginning at 10 a.m.
The Orioles will continue to employ an autograph policy designed to support youth charitable endeavors through OriolesREACH and reduce fan disappointment by shortening wait times.
Children 4-14 will have a specially designated Kids Only player autograph station presented by ESSKAY that is free of charge and will operate continuously throughout the day. All other ESSKAY autograph stations at FanFest will require the advance purchase of autograph vouchers for $15 each, with all of the proceeds to benefit children's charities through OriolesREACH. Last year's FanFest raised more than $94,000 for the Orioles Charitable Foundation.
Only 250 vouchers will be available for each ESSKAY autograph session, guaranteeing that each fan purchasing a voucher for a particular session will receive an autograph from each of the players at the station. Fans will be able to print their vouchers at home and must present them to the attendant at the appropriate autograph session, shortening the amount of wait time in autograph lines. Fans must be in line for their autograph session no later than 30 minutes after the session begins.
If vouchers are still available on the day of the event, they will be available for purchase at the Oriole Park Box Office or at the ticket sales location at FanFest. Autograph seekers are encouraged to purchase vouchers in advance, as all available vouchers in 2011 sold out before the day of the event. There is a limit of two autograph vouchers per person, per session time, and fans redeeming autograph vouchers must be 3 or older.
The complimentary Kids Only area at FanFest will operate throughout the day in a free-flowing system. Players signing in this area will not be announced in advance. Youth 4-14 may go through this line as many times as they would like as players rotate through the station.
The Orioles will make every effort to keep to the pre-announced autograph schedule, but reserve the right to change or substitute individuals as necessary.
]]>If you're a Baltimore baseball history nut, join like-minded fans at Sports Legends Museum on Friday, Feb. 10 for Babe's Birthday Bash, which will mark the 117th anniversary of Babe Ruth's birth in Baltimore (in the interest of history, please note that the Babe's actual arrival came Feb. 6, 1895, but organizers prefer a Friday night over a Tuesday evening for the party).
The ticket price covers admission into Sports Legends, plenty of tasty ballpark food and beverages, a silent auction, a door prize and free parking at Camden Yards. The evening's festivities include the presentation of the Babe Ruth Community Service Award and programs with special VIPs.
Tickets purchased in advance cost $45 for museum members and $55 for non-members. Groups of 10 or more get a discount to $40 a person. At the door, it'll cost you $60. And while you're there, consider a membership to Sports Legends and the Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum, two gems dedicated to the preservation of unique sports history you'll be proud to support.
All proceeds will benefit the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation.
For more information, call Whitney Edmonds at 410-727-1539, ext. 3033 or via email at WhitneyE@baberuthmuseum.com.
]]>For many O's fans, this unpleasant memory will be one of the most enduring of the past year. On Aug. 24, while play-by-play man Jim Hunter and Hall of Fame pitcher Palmer were calling the action of the Orioles' game in Minnesota, news started to filter out that Flanagan had taken his own life. During the "O's Xtra" postgame show that followed, Palmer found it difficult to control his emotions while discussing the breaking news as he tearfully shared recollections of the lefty known as "Flanny" and tried to process what had happened and why.
SBNation contributing writer Jon Bois noted the poignancy of the interview and the heartfelt connection between Palmer and O's fans in naming the sobering display his top broadcasting moment of the past year:
As I watched Jim Palmer follow up a superhuman evening of broadcasting with a heartbreakingly human moment, I thought of who sportscasters really are to us. We knock them all the time for their factual errors and their biases and all sorts of things, and I think that's okay, because that will always be a component of our relationship.
But it is a relationship. Collectively, sports announcers hold an enormous amount of real estate in our lives. Suppose you watch four games a week. That's, what, 10 hours of sportscasters extemporaneously talking to you.
It's a startling realization: do you listen to anyone else in your life for half that long? It's a one-sided conversation, of course. But surely there's a friendship in there somewhere.
]]>Taking a cue from this old-school approach, the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds have changed the format of their annual Hot Stove Banquet, which will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Delmar VFW, 200 W. State St. We at MASNsports.com are proud to be part of the equation.
Yes, dinner will still be served, but fans will enjoy a roundtable discussion with the folks who used to take residence on the dais - MASNsports.com's Roch Kubatko, Steve Melewski and yours truly; Shorebirds manager Ryan Minor and former Delmarva skipper Gary Kendall, who now helms the Double-A Bowie Baysox; Tripp Norton, the Orioles' assistant director of player development; and Shorebirds executives Pat Filipone, the club's president, and Chris Bitters, the team's general manager. Be nice to us, and we might even join you at your table. After all, we like talking baseball as much as you do. Majors, minors, offseason wheeling and dealing, what the Orioles did and what they should have done - we'll talk about all of that, even some Eastern Shore prep baseball. A silent auction will be held to benefit United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore.
Tickets are $25 and can be obtained by calling Shawn Schoolcraft at 410-219-3112, ext. 168. Or you can print out the order form here and mail it to the Shorebirds.
The cocktail hour runs from 5-6 p.m., with the banquet from 6-8 p.m. We'll see you in Delmar on Jan. 28!
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