The Orioles on Tuesday introduced the preliminary record of former gamers who will take part within the staff’s August celebration of Camden Yards’ 30-year anniversary.
Eddie Murray, Chris Davis, Robert Andino, Rick Sutcliffe, Jay Gibbons, Chris Hoiles, Rodrigo López and Jeff Reboulet shall be honored earlier than Baltimore’s Aug. 6 recreation in opposition to the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s not a closing record of gamers, an Orioles official stated. The staff has prolonged invitations to a number of different alumni and can add them to the record as they affirm they’ll attend.
Notable exclusions from the primary record embody shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., whose document 2,131st consecutive recreation got here at Camden Yards; middle fielder Adam Jones, who holds lots of the ballpark’s offensive information; and right-hander Mike Mussina, who received 30 extra video games on the venue than every other pitcher has.
In April, Jones instructed 105.7 The Fan he had not but been invited to the festivities. As of publication, he didn’t reply to a message from The Baltimore Sun about whether or not that had modified.
Ripken Jr., 61, has a scheduling battle and received’t be capable of take part within the 30-year anniversary occasions, his spokesman John Maroon stated Tuesday night. Recently, Major League Baseball inspired the Orioles icon to affix an possession group if the staff — now the topic of a bitter dispute among the many household of proprietor Peter Angelos — is offered, individuals with information of the league’s curiosity instructed The Baltimore Sun final month.
Murray is a member of the Hall of Fame, hitting 343 of his 504 profession residence runs with Baltimore. In Camden Yards historical past, Davis trails solely Jones in residence runs, main the majors in each 2013 and 2015 earlier than signing a franchise-record seven-year, $161 million deal, throughout which he traditionally struggled; this celebration would mark Davis’ first public look on the ballpark since retiring in the midst of final season due to a left hip harm.
Andino is greatest identified for his walk-off single within the closing recreation of the 2011 season to maintain the Boston Red Sox out of the playoffs. Sutcliffe pitched a shutout within the first recreation in Camden Yards historical past. Gibbons spent seven of his 9 main league seasons with the Orioles, whereas Hoiles’ whole 10-year profession was with Baltimore, and he drove within the first run within the stadium’s historical past. López was the Orioles’ opening day starter in 2003, 2005 and 2006. Reboulet performed for the Orioles from 1997 to 1999.
The celebration contains occasions from Aug. 4-6, with Orioles alumni serving as visitor bartenders on the Guinness Open Gate Brewery from 6 to eight p.m. Aug. 4. The staff and Orioles Advocates will host a luncheon within the B&O Warehouse that may embody a Q&A session, a silent public sale, raffles and door prizes, with all at present introduced gamers besides Murray attending. An hour earlier than that evening’s recreation — which incorporates a Cedric Mullins bobblehead giveaway for the primary 20,000 followers 15 and older — former gamers will signal autographs without cost on Eutaw Street.
The Aug. 6 recreation, for which the Orioles are providing 1992 throwback costs, will embody a pregame ceremony the place every former participant in attendance shall be acknowledged for his time within the group. All alumni will put on a jersey that shall be autographed and auctioned to profit the Orioles Charitable Foundation. The first 15,000 followers 15 or older in attendance may even a T-shirt recognizing Camden Yards’ thirtieth anniversary. After the sport, there shall be a live performance that includes Dru Hill, Sisqó, Smash Mouth and DJ Spinderella.
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