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    Pitcher Cade Povich (76) poses for a portrait during the Baltimore Orioles’ team picture day at Ed Smith Stadium on Feb. 21.
    Jon Meoli: Examining Orioles prospect Cade Povich’s dominant start at Norfolk
    The 24-year-old left-hander earned both the Orioles’ and the International League’s pitcher of the month awards for an April in which he had a 1.03 ERA with 40 strikeouts and a 0.76 WHIP.
    My mom never liked swimming, but have it a go during a camping trip to her mother's home in New York.
    It’s never too late to write your mom for Mother’s Day, even when it is.
    Maybe the best I can do on this or any Mother’s Day is to write a little note to her. I know she won’t read it, but it feels good to write it as if she would.
    Seth Johnson, part of the promising group of pitchers at Double-A Bowie, is on the 40-man roster.
    Jon Meoli: Other teams are watching the Orioles’ pitchers at Bowie closely. Here’s why.
    There is a lot of intrigue surrounding these pitchers with the Baysox.
    The Baltimore skyline.
    What do Baltimore and a Shakespeare story have in common? Quite a lot.
    “The Deceived Ones,” a new novel from Judith Krummeck, a longtime DJ on Baltimore classical radio station WBJC, turns Shakespeare’s “The Twelfth Night” into a very modern and very personal story.
    That's not me in the distance of this security footage screen grab. The man in the blue short sleeve shirt, shorts and knee-high white socks was confronted while taking photos at a local school at identified himself as Rick Hutzell of The Baltimore Banner.
    Accept no substitutions or fakes. I’m the real Rick Hutzell.
    A man taking photos of students at an Annapolis school Tuesday afternoon was approached by staff members. He told them he was me.
    Candidates have been campaigning for months in the 3rd District. Is there a better way to pick a winner?
    Early voting has started. In Maryland’s 3rd District race, that’s plain undemocratic
    Ranked choice voting could flip the narrative in Maryland elections. Voters would rank candidates as their first, second and third choices. The number could be greater, but let’s keep the example simple.
    Kyle Bradish makes his 2024 debut Thursday after missing the start of the season due to an elbow injury.
    Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ pitching this week shows that depth ultimately comes down to quality
    In this Yankees series, the Orioles held a lineup that scored 30 runs combined in the two games preceding their arrival in Baltimore to six in four games.
    Rocksann Smith poses for a portrait postgame of the Baltimore City College Knights Varsity Baseball Team win over Dunbar on 4/26/2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    Rocksann Smith is an unrelenting star for City’s baseball team. She’s hoping this is not the end of her career.
    The 18-year-old center fielder for the Knights has risen to team captain in high school in a sport she loves. The next step is finding a path to keep competing.
    Andre Braugher, left, and Kyle Secor played Detectives Frank Pembleton and Tim Bayliss in “Homicide: Life on the Street.”
    ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ is a classic. This podcast will remind you why.
    The new podcast “Homicide: Life On The Set” explores Baltimore’s classic cop show with the people who helped create it.
    Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Keagan Gillies (96) delivers a pitch against the Detroit Tigers during a Grapefruit League game.
    Jon Meoli: Why Keagan Gillies could be a shot in the arm for the Orioles’ bullpen this year
    Over the last year, Keagan Gillies has become a dark horse candidate to help the Orioles’ bullpen sooner rather than later. Here’s how a refined splitter is helping his chances.
    The Spa Creek Bridge opened in 1947, one of a generation of bascule drawbridges built by the federal government around the country.
    The Key Bridge is gone. A new Baltimore Harbor bridge will do more than cross over water.
    When Maryland and the feds begin building a new crossing of the outer Baltimore Harbor where the Key Bridge once stood, engineers, bureaucrats and bigwigs would be wise to remember the symbolism. A bridge is always more than it seems.
    Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel, left, leaves the game alongside trainer Brian Ebel, right, during the ninth inning against the Oakland Athletics.
    There is no easy or comfortable fix for the Orioles’ pitching woes
    Two blown saves over the weekend illustrate the narrow margins the Orioles pitching staff is facing, and injury concerns could keep Baltimore on edge in a tough division race.
    Author Emily Barth Isler is the daughter of WMAR newscaster Andy Barth. At left, she supports him on the picket line in 1982. At right, he supports her at the 2023 Books in Bloom festival.
    Her dad is a Baltimore TV legend. She’s returning to Maryland on her own merits.
    Author Emily Barth Isler, daughter of former local broadcasting legend Andy Barth, comes home with a new book and life-saving message about kids and guns.
    The Orioles won seven of the 10 games Jackson Holliday played, even though he contributed only two hits.
    Jackson Holliday was willing to battle through his rookie slump. The Orioles should have been, too.
    The club sent Holliday down to Triple-A Norfolk after just 10 games, not enough of a runway to see if he could have battled his way out of a 2-for-34 start to his big league career.
    Jackson Holliday will play every day in Norfolk. He would have been sidelined against left-handed pitchers frequently in Baltimore.
    Jon Meoli: Like all the Orioles’ decisions with Jackson Holliday, a demotion is complicated
    The Orioles’ position has always been: Players need to be challenged, and challenging them at earlier ages has the potential to be exponentially beneficial.
    The Ravens rated Nate Wiggins as the top cover corner in the NFL draft.
    The Ravens played it safe. The Chiefs’ bold trade means the pick must be scrutinized.
    The Ravens may have landed their next great cover corner in Nate Wiggins. But a bold move by Kansas City and an opportunity-swiping pick by Dallas could be the draft day selections Wiggins is graded against.
    Strong defense at second base is one reason the Orioles are willing to let Jackson Holliday continue to figure things out on offense.
    Jon Meoli: Jackson Holliday is settling in with the Orioles. Here’s what can help.
    As long as he keeps defending well, he’ll get chances to bat at the bottom of the order, at least against righties, and get himself right.
    Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta is tasked with rebuilding the depth of the roster starting with the draft.
    Ravens GM Eric DeCosta’s discipline will be tested in an NFL draft with win-now urgency
    DeCosta's patience has been hard-won. With more urgency to win thanks to salary cap pressure, will he have to tweak the draft strategy?
    Columnist Leslie Gray Streeter, left, in 2023, and right, in 2024, has lost 20 pounds on her health journey.
    Getting healthy takes a different priority when your goal is not to die
    Us Generation Xers can no longer ignore the health challenges that come with aging. It took a scare to wake me up.
    Baltimore Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser (17) points at the dugout and roars after homering against the Milwaukee Brewers. Here are the reasons for Cowser's hot start.
    Jon Meoli: Analyzing the factors driving Orioles rookie Colton Cowser’s breakout April
    Cowser is spraying line drives all over the field, has a team-high 12 extra-base hits, and is one of the breakout stars of the first month of this MLB season.
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