Orioles’ international scouting strategy initiates shifts in team characteristics

An international scouting operation developed in 2019 is creating more diverse minor league affiliate teams.

Some fans wary of return to live baseball, Povich Center-CDCE-Post poll finds

With baseball’s Opening Day April 1, fans throughout the country are deciding whether or not they’d feel comfortable enough returning to stadiums during the 2021 season while local teams like the Nationals and Orioles are introducing a host of safety protocols.

Collegiate coaches moving forward through coronavirus concerns

Athlete eligibility and scholarship availability are two of the biggest questions college coaches are now tasked with moving forward as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the United States.

Baseball Twitter buzzes about Orioles’ surprising start, Harper being booed

The Nationals and Orioles are heading in opposite directions in the early part of the 2019 season.

Hopeful fans turn out for the start of the Nationals season

Opening Day brought fans from all over to Nationals Park. Some came for the classic ballpark snacks and others for the impressive pitching matchup.

Nationals fans turn in Bryce Harper shirts for a shot of goodwill

After seven seasons with the Washington Nationals, Bryce Harper has taken his bat and moved on to the Philadelphia Phillies with the biggest contract in baseball history. But one D-C business is offering fans a way to turn in their Harper swag and help others along the way.

Baltimore man on a mission to get more kids to share his love of baseball

Andy Weltlinger is a former collegiate baseball player on a mission. He says baseball has fallen out-of-favor with many of Baltimore’s younger residents. So he’s created BUBA Baseball–the Baltimore Urban Baseball Association–to encourage kids to come out and “play ball.”

League of Dreams gives children with special needs a chance at baseball

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland — The University of Maryland baseball team partnered up with the League of Dreams organization to hold a baseball clinic for children with special needs. League of Dreams helps teach individuals with special needs the sport of baseball.…

College players and pros provide some special baseball lessons for area kids

Many children with special needs and autism from around Prince George’s County and Washington, D.C. attended a baseball clinic hosted by the University of Maryland baseball team. The clinic was organized by League of Dreams, a non-profit foundation that focuses on teaching the game of baseball to children regardless of mental or physical disabilities.

Nationals prep for the playoffs with a spirited rally

The Nationals faced the Cubs Friday night in game one of the National League Division Series playoffs. Earlier in the week the team sponsored a haunted fan rally at the ballpark to scare up support for a winning series.