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Orioles pitching prospect Michael Baumann threw a no-hitter for Double-A Bowie July 16, which marked his first nine-inning complete game as a pro. “I don’t even know if I’ve ever pitched into the ninth,” Baumann said, “so just to be in that kind of situation was pretty awesome.”
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Former Maryland basketball star Greivis Vasquez is still hoping to return to the court as a player, but he got a start on his post-playing career life this month by working as an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans’ Summer League team.
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Orioles top draft pick Adley Rutschman may be the No. 2 prospect in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline’s Jim Callis. “I think you could make the argument, if you wanted to grade based strictly on tools and position scarcity … you could probably put him right up near the top,” he said.
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“I would definitely say that Towson University has been a huge part of my success,” Gary Neal said of his upcoming induction into the Towson Athletics Hall of Fame. Plus, Neal shares his insight on Kawhi Leonard, his teammate with the Spurs from 2011-2013.
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Adley Rutschman has already embraced his role and the pressures that come with being the No. 1 overall pick of the 2019 MLB Draft. “People put a lot of expectations on me,” Rutschman said, “but I always feel like they’re not even close to the ones I put on myself.”
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Chesapeake Bayhawks owner Brendan Kelly foresees a future in which Major League Lacrosse and the Premier Lacrosse League could join forces. “When it starts to come back together I think you’ll see a bigger and badder product of pro lacrosse,” Kelly said.
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Former Mets GM and current MLB Network Radio host Steve Phillips is in favor of MLB adding an automated strike zone. “[Umpires] are being asked to do something that is impossible,” Phillips said, “and that is to be perfect on every single pitch.”
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By Nate Puciato Highly-touted-yet-injury-plagued pitcher Hunter Harvey, a former first-round pick, has undergone a transformation in the Orioles’ minor-league system
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The Premier Lacrosse League visited Homewood Field June 22-23, and one of the games drew a sellout crowd. “It was amazing. … We set out every week to exceed all of our metrics and assumptions,” PLL co-founder Paul Rabil said.
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Darnell Rogers, the son of Lake Clifton legend and former professional basketball player Shawnta Rogers, is coming back to Baltimore to play for UMBC men’s basketball. “I’m just looking forward to teaming up with them and winning some championships,” Rogers said.
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