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For Orioles Hall of Famers, statues at Camden Yards 'a very nice gesture'
The Orioles detailed on Monday several of their upcoming changes to Camden Yards, including a permanent tribute to the six most decorated players in modern franchise history and a slight alteration to the right-field wall.
As part of Camden Yards' 20th...Tags: Johnny Unitas, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Baseball, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Huge sums for stadiums, crumbs for racing?
It seems strange that the city and state can build a new baseball, football and basketball stadiums, propose dollars for horse racing and yet fail to support auto racing. Compared to the millions that were spent for stadiums, the amount owed for the...Tags: Auto Racing, NASCAR, Grand Prix of Baltimore
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City must do more to support Grand Prix
The dust has settled on the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix, an event that I and several others lived and breathed over the past two-plus years. I acknowledge that I am not objective, having invested substantial money, effort and reputation as the "face of...Tags: Pratt Street, Baltimore Convention Center, Toronto (Canada), The Wire (tv program), Labor Day
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City officials seek new group to run Grand Prix
City officials have terminated the contract of the troubled company that organized the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix and are seeking a new group to run the racing festival in the coming year, the mayor's office announced Friday.
The city ended Baltimore...Tags: Prince George's County, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Glen Burnie, Labor Day, Services and Shopping
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O'Malley to give away tax evader's donations
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday that he will follow the lead of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown in returning donations from Richard Stewart, a political mover and shaker who pleaded guilty this month to tax evasion. Stewart's...Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Martin O'Malley, Government, Republican Party
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Orioles fans campaign for OK to tailgate Opening Day
When it comes to tailgating, the policy at downtown stadiums is simple: Ravens fans can do it. Orioles fans can't. Now there's a Facebook campaign to try to change that.
The drive was started by two lifelong Orioles fans: Austin Bogus, 26, of Fulton...Tags: Elections, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Social Media, New York Yankees
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A downtown Preakness near Camden Yards?
There needs to be a wider vision for the proposed slots parlor on Russell Street. Moving the Preakness to a new world-class facility in the Camden-Carroll industrial park would reinforce the slots parlor opposite Russell Street and feed off the success of...Tags: Equestrian, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Preakness Stakes
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Grand Prix founder sues race's organizers for $750,000
The founder of the Baltimore Grand Prix has filed a $750,000 claim against the current organizers of the event, joining another early investor who claims he has yet to be paid.
Steven C. Wehner says Baltimore Racing Development LLC, the company that he...Tags: Elections, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Real Estate, Labor Day, Lawyers
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Time for a statistic to keep track of the city's economic development subsidies
While I am sure that the vast majority of Baltimore residents will be happy with a Grand Prix result of $2 million a year in direct tax benefits to the city or a full $70 million in economic impact ("The Road to a Grand Prix," Aug. 14), there is always...Tags: Elections, Economic Policy, Maryland, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Grand Prix organizers seek a mix of hard-core fans and novices looking for a spectacle
Nick Nicaise's first word was "car." While his childhood pals mooned over Mickey Mantle, he idolized driver Dan Gurney.
And when his wife glimpsed a grown-up Nicaise beaming as he flitted around the garage area at an IndyCar race, she told him, "You're...Tags: Elections, Pratt Street, Real Estate, Delaware, Baltimore Convention Center
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Put idle Revenue Authority money to work elsewhere
The abilities of some intelligent, civic-minded people are going to waste while about a quarter million tax dollars sit idle.
This isn't necessarily the result of some government boondoggle, just one of those things that didn't work out as planned. But...Tags: Howard County, Ken Ulman, Ellicott City, Human Interest, Politics
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Orioles notebook: Guthrie asks fans whether he should keep Flanagan's number
Right-hander Jeremy Guthrie is trying to decide whether he should keep the only uniform number he has known as an Oriole, No. 46, or switch to something else to honor the late Mike Flanagan.
And Guthrie wants as much feedback as possible.
"I really just...Tags: Target Field, Baseball, Joe Mauer, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Adam Jones (baseball)
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