Al Bumbry

Steve Bumbry already has a head start on his father. The Dulaney senior, a two-time All-Metro center fielder, has a baseball scholarship to Virginia Tech. His father, former Oriole Al Bumbry, earned a basketball scholarship to Virginia State College and didn't play baseball until his senior year there. Steve Bumbry also has a big advantage over his father - he's had Al Bumbry teaching him the game since he was a small child. And that teacher-student relationship has been taken a step further this season.

September 30, 1980: Al Bumbry had two hits to become the first Orioles player to have 200 in one season.

The Orioles selected 27 more players on the second day of the annual amateur draft Wednesday, and one name should sound familiar. In the 12th round, the Orioles chose Virginia Tech outfielder Steve Bumbry, the son of Orioles Hall of Fame center fielder Al Bumbry. "I am very excited, more excited for him," said Al Bumbry, who played for the Orioles from 1972 to 1984. "It's something [Steve] has wanted to do since he was a junior at Dulaney. He told me: 'I don't want to play football this year.

Standing on the field at Camden Yards on Monday afternoon, Orioles top offensive prospect Manny Machado said he hoped to be here again in two years wearing a big league uniform. "It's great to see what these guys are going through right now, and, hopefully within the next two years, I'll be up here and do the same thing they are doing," said the 19-year-old shortstop, who was taken third overall in the 2010 amateur draft. High-A Frederick had the day off, so Machado and his roommate, Keys outfielder Steven Bumbry , drove to Camden Yards to watch batting practice, take in a game and conduct a pre-game interview with the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network.

September 30, 1980: Al Bumbry had two hits to become the first Orioles player to have 200 in one season.

Former Orioles outfielder Al Bumbry , the 1973 American League Rookie of the Year, will headline the annual Ripken Academy Spring Break Camp as an instructor. The camp will take place April 1-3 at the Ripken youth baseball academy in Aberdeen. For information, call 866-RIP-KEN1 or go to ripkencamps.com.

The Orioles talked yesterday with Don Buford, Johnny Oates' 1994 dugout coach, in an attempt to find a mutually agreeable position to keep him in the organization.Buford will not be on new manager Phil Regan's coaching staff, )) but the Orioles value his personable style, popularity with the fans and baseball background."We have been visiting with Don today," Orioles general manager Roland Hemond said. "We're discussing various possibilities."Buford, 57, had a 131-148 record in two seasons as a minor-league manager for the Orioles.

Whether he'd consider managing a team:"I think it would be a tremendous challenge. Am I qualified? If surrounded by talented people. The reason I was a good pitcher is because I was surrounded by talented players."[But] managing is different now like this season one of the Oriole coaches [Al Bumbry] asked Curtis Goodwin to take some vTC [practice] balls off the wall in Fenway Park, to see how the balls would bounce. Curtis said no. He didn't think he needed to do that."If I was managing, I would have gone to Curtis Goodwin and said: 'Listen, you have two choices.

CLEVELAND -- It's official: Brady Anderson's streak of leading off four consecutive games with a homer is a major-league record. David Vincent, a member of a society of baseball historians called SABR, provided the Orioles with a complete list yesterday of all the leadoff hitters who have homered in consecutive games.In fact, Anderson set the record Saturday in Texas when he hit his third leadoff homer -- no one else had done it more than twice -- and broke his own mark when he homered again Sunday.

Bring back Ken Singleton. Bring back Tippy Martinez. Bring back Al Bumbry. Tim Stoddard? Love ya babe. Lenn Sakata? Come on down!Since the Orioles are working so diligently to reassemble their 1983 world championship team, why not just get the whole gang together again?Bring back Todd Cruz, Joe Nolan, Leo Hernandez. John Shelby? OK, one more shot. John Lowenstein? Forget TV, brother, this is for real!A year ago the Orioles had only one player left from the 1983 team -- Cal Ripken. But now, with Rick Dempsey coming to spring training, they might start next season with four.

Former Orioles outfielder Al Bumbry , the 1973 American League Rookie of the Year, will headline the annual Ripken Academy Spring Break Camp as an instructor. The camp will take place April 1-3 at the Ripken youth baseball academy in Aberdeen. For information, call 866-RIP-KEN1 or go to ripkencamps.com.

The Orioles selected 27 more players on the second day of the annual amateur draft Wednesday, and one name should sound familiar. In the 12th round, the Orioles chose Virginia Tech outfielder Steve Bumbry, the son of Orioles Hall of Fame center fielder Al Bumbry. "I am very excited, more excited for him," said Al Bumbry, who played for the Orioles from 1972 to 1984. "It's something [Steve] has wanted to do since he was a junior at Dulaney. He told me: 'I don't want to play football this year.

Steve Bumbry already has a head start on his father. The Dulaney senior, a two-time All-Metro center fielder, has a baseball scholarship to Virginia Tech. His father, former Oriole Al Bumbry, earned a basketball scholarship to Virginia State College and didn't play baseball until his senior year there. Steve Bumbry also has a big advantage over his father - he's had Al Bumbry teaching him the game since he was a small child. And that teacher-student relationship has been taken a step further this season.

ON SATURDAY night, I stood in the press box at Camden Yards and watched the final game of Cal Ripken's glorious career, watched the night sky light up with fireworks and 48,000 fans radiate both joy and sadness as a city said goodbye to a beloved sports legend. A little over 12 hours later, as I settled in to watch the Ravens play the Tennessee Titans, we were in a shooting war in Afghanistan, and the night sky over that sad, desperate country was lit up with tracer rounds and anti-aircraft fire.

CLEVELAND -- It's official: Brady Anderson's streak of leading off four consecutive games with a homer is a major-league record. David Vincent, a member of a society of baseball historians called SABR, provided the Orioles with a complete list yesterday of all the leadoff hitters who have homered in consecutive games.In fact, Anderson set the record Saturday in Texas when he hit his third leadoff homer -- no one else had done it more than twice -- and broke his own mark when he homered again Sunday.

Whether he'd consider managing a team:"I think it would be a tremendous challenge. Am I qualified? If surrounded by talented people. The reason I was a good pitcher is because I was surrounded by talented players."[But] managing is different now like this season one of the Oriole coaches [Al Bumbry] asked Curtis Goodwin to take some vTC [practice] balls off the wall in Fenway Park, to see how the balls would bounce. Curtis said no. He didn't think he needed to do that."If I was managing, I would have gone to Curtis Goodwin and said: 'Listen, you have two choices.

He went out of his way to teach rookie designated hitter Eddie Murray how to take his job at first base, imparted to him the subtleties of playing the position that was his turf. That was all Murray needed to know about how Lee May would shape up as a coach someday.Seventeen years later, with eight years of coaching experience for two different organizations on which to draw, May is on the brink of signing a contract with the Orioles to become theirhitting coach.Barring an unexpected last-minute snag in contract negotiations, May will be one of four ex-Orioles on recently hired manager Phil Regan's coaching staff, joining Elrod Hendricks (bullpen)

The accident on the highway stopped traffic en route to the airport in Pittsburgh.Gridlock does not care who is on board, doesn't care when his flight is scheduled to depart, doesn't care why he needs to get where he is going.Cal Ripken arrived at the airport way behind schedule. The final boarding call long since had come and gone and Ripken was in danger of missing his flight to Orange County, Calif., where the Orioles would start the second half of the season the following day.But there he stood, propping an elevator open with his luggage, signing autograph after autograph before finally having to excuse himself and rush to catch the flight.

He went out of his way to teach rookie designated hitter Eddie Murray how to take his job at first base, imparted to him the subtleties of playing the position that was his turf. That was all Murray needed to know about how Lee May would shape up as a coach someday.Seventeen years later, with eight years of coaching experience for two different organizations on which to draw, May is on the brink of signing a contract with the Orioles to become theirhitting coach.Barring an unexpected last-minute snag in contract negotiations, May will be one of four ex-Orioles on recently hired manager Phil Regan's coaching staff, joining Elrod Hendricks (bullpen)

The Orioles talked yesterday with Don Buford, Johnny Oates' 1994 dugout coach, in an attempt to find a mutually agreeable position to keep him in the organization.Buford will not be on new manager Phil Regan's coaching staff, )) but the Orioles value his personable style, popularity with the fans and baseball background."We have been visiting with Don today," Orioles general manager Roland Hemond said. "We're discussing various possibilities."Buford, 57, had a 131-148 record in two seasons as a minor-league manager for the Orioles.