A week on the farm
About this series: Since the Orioles are struggling, here's a different way to root for the home team: Visit the Orioles' six minor league teams in one week. We did, and over the next week we'll share with you stories from each city.
Monday
Bowie: $11 Bubba Burgers and wacky promotions.
Tuesday
Delmarva: Close ties between players and fans.
Wednesday
Frederick: Serenading Francis Scott Key every night.
Thursday
Bluefield: 50 years of Orioles in the Appalachians.
Friday
Norfolk: Mets are out, O's are in -- and attendance is up.
Saturday
Aberdeen: Great food, big crowds.
July 14, 2007
Last in a series
Minors becoming major happening
Although she has never played an inning in the Orioles' farm system, Vi Ripken knows a thing or two about the minor leagues as the wife of a player-manager and the mother of two boys who came up through the ranks.
July 13, 2007
Sixth in a series
Tides turn to the Orioles
You'd never know that this time last year fans were embracing the Big Apple and singing "New York, New York" at the end of every game.
July 12, 2007
Fifth in a series
Baby Birds learn to fly in Bluefield
The handshake, a quaint form of sealing a deal, has worked for the Baltimore Orioles and their Rookie-level team for half a century, an affiliation unmatched in organized baseball.
July 11, 2007
Fourth in a series
O, say, can you see Keys?
When the wind is right, the national anthem drifts from Harry Grove Stadium to a crypt in Mount Olivet Cemetery, where Francis Scott Key is buried.
July 10, 2007
Third in a series
Shorebirds fans love them tender
Only at a ballpark named for the first family of chicken could you have a left-field fowl pole.
July 9, 2007
Second in a series
At Bowie, zany promotions take fans' breath away
Bad breath is welcome here. Dogs, too.
July 8, 2007
First in a series
A week on the farm
Six days, six teams, three states, 1,577 miles. The road to "The Show."
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