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BALTIMORE — Three hours before first pitch, Kristen Swader, her husband, Mike, and their 4-year old son, Michael III, stood in line awaiting entry to Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Let us pause and give thanks for those obvious blessings in our lives. For instance, a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Catcher Francisco Mejia came to the Rays last year and got adjusted to both his role as the backup to starter Mike Zunino as well as the Rays’ way of using bench players often and sometimes unpredictably.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — All the traditional signs of opening day were in place at Tropicana Field on Friday afternoon. The bunting was hung, the seats were full, and optimism, even about a new stadium, was in the air.

BALTIMORE — There isn’t an official name yet, and there might never be one. But it will be known regardless by whatever nickname catches the fancy of the fan base — something to know the right angle that now stands in left-center field of Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

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BALTIMORE — Larry Lucchino walked into the Williams & Connolly law office in Washington on a Saturday morning, fresh from a conversation with Major League Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth at spring training. In his hand he carried a brochure advertising the Yugo, a one-size-fits-all economy car, and in his mind…

Let’s take a look at the crucial query for each club in the Junior Circuit.

Once again, Boston will feature a potent lineup and starting pitching that’s questionable at best. Will that be enough?

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The optics were hard to miss.

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