“It’s amazing, I mean, I’ve been dreaming of this since I was like six or seven. It’s great for the team, we’ve all wanted this all year and we’ve worked for this really hard,” says Sam Thornton, wide-eyed with anticipation. The dream: playing in the Cal Ripken World Series. The team: our very own Bel […]
Celebrating Baltimore’s Babe Ruth And The Final All-Star Game At The House He Built
“The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.” So said Babe Ruth. Agree with him or not, I have no doubt that the grand-daddy of home runs is up in the baseball heavens, prepping himself to bid farewell to his iconic home. Uh-huh. Yankee Stadium is going down and the ensuing countdown – considering the All-Star […]
NYC Is Just A Hop, Skip And Train Ride Away From Aberdeen Along the Rail Line
We get to the park and ride at 6:06 a.m. Wednesday, June 25. It costs nothing to park. Printing out tickets is a breeze – swipe your card, confirm, print. Departure is at 6:35 a.m. and it is ON TIME. Yay! We sit in the café section of the Amtrak that has big open booths. […]
Orioles Magic On And Off The Field: Buses For Baseball Introduces Pediatric Oncology Patients To Baltimore Ballplayers
Orioles magic was definitely in the air June 17 and it had nothing to do with the rebuilding franchise earning their major league leading 20th (and counting) come-from-behind win as they took the 6-5 victory over the Houston Astros. The magic was actually displayed before the first pitch was even thrown. This year, the Cool […]
IronBirds Come Back To Aberdeen For Home Opener After Historic Start To Season
The Aberdeen IronBirds are set to kick off their Opening Day of the 2008 season after coming home from Hudson Valley with two wins in their pocket. They dropped the finale Thursday night (10-5) but managed to create quite an uproar to get their season started and trek home with a 2-1 record. History was in the […]
Basketball, Video Games And Shirley Temples With Extra Shirley – If Only All Pro Athletes Were Like Aberdeen’s Jai Lewis
I didn’t get “jobbed” by poor officiating. There was no weeping. No fainting. International professional basketball player Jai Lewis, as far as I know, didn’t contemplate a trip back into the NFL. (However, there was a time that I contemplated a new career path – more on that later.) No two-on-two with any other suckers […]
From Australia to Havre de Grace: LPGA, Lobster and Lifelong Friends
John and Mary Thomas of Havre de Grace consider themselves weekend golfers. Actually “we’re hackers,” John said joking, or maybe he was serious. Who’s not a hacker when comparing skills to the girls of the LPGA that compete at Bulle Rock? The Thomas’ are lifers in Harford County – prior to their move to Havre […]
Crofton Teen Kaitlyn “Bug” Rohrback Annoys Competition As Two-Time Maryland Junior Girls Golf Champion
As a Crofton resident, 16-year old Kaitlyn Rohrback takes drivers education classes, only she has to travel to the Eastern Shore to do it. She has a hectic schedule. When she was younger, her father gave her the nickname of “Bug” because with other family names like Bud and Bub why not have a Bug? […]
