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By Ryan Hood, The Baltimore Sun | June 14, 2013
One of Randy Edsall's goals in his final year at Susquehannock High School in Glen Rock, Pa., was to be named to the Pennsylvania roster for the Big 33 Football Classic. Although he wasn't selected for the 1976 game despite being an all-state quarterback, the Maryland football coach was ecstatic last October when he learned the state of Maryland would return to the high school football all-star game this year. The Maryland Football Coaches Association signed a five-year agreement with the Big 33 Scholarship Foundation, Inc., last fall to renew the state's participation in the game after a 21-year hiatus.
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Peter Schmuck | June 11, 2013
It wasn't so long ago that the big question heading into the All-Star break around here was not who would represent the Orioles in the midsummer classic, but whether anybody was deserving enough to get in without the help of the rule that requires at least one representative from each major league team. In 2010, for instance, the team's All-Star was Ty Wigginton, a great guy who would not have been a starter on a lot of other teams. There was usually one obvious standout like Brian Roberts or Miguel Tejada, but until the Orioles placed three guys on last year's American League squad, they had been represented by the one-player minimum in 10 of the previous 11 seasons.
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By Matt Vensel | June 11, 2013
It appears the Midsummer Classic is finally back to being must-watch television for baseball fans in Baltimore. Gone are the dark days when the Orioles sent one (sometimes deserving) player to the All-Star Game. From 2006 to 2011, the Orioles had just one All-Star each year. And in the cases of George Sherrill (2008) and Ty Wigginton (2010), the Orioles were only represented because the league mandated they sent somebody, anybody. The Orioles sent three players to the All-Star Game last season, just the second time since 2000 that they had multiple representatives.
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By Eduardo A. Encina and The Baltimore Sun | June 9, 2013
Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy couldn't quite explain his sudden spike in the most-recent All-Star Game fan balloting, in which he became the leading votegetter among American League shortstops. Other than providing his usual exceptional defense, Hardy has been on an offensive tear, hitting .341 (44-for-129) with 10 doubles, 10 homers, 24 RBIs and 13 multi-hit games since May 4. He currently leads all AL shortstops in homers (13) and RBIs (39). “It just says that the fans are out there voting, people out in Baltimore,” Hardy said.
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By Eduardo A. Encina and The Baltimore Sun | June 8, 2013
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy took the lead in the most recent round of All-Star Game fan balloting among American League shortstops, giving the Orioles leaders at three different positions. Chris Davis maintained his lead among AL first basemen and center fielder Adam Jones leaped over Angels center fielder Mike Trout for the top spot among AL outfielders. A week ago, Hardy trailed Texas' Elvis Andrus by more than 10,000 votes, but in the most-recent votes released Saturday night by major league baseball, Hardy (1,231,843 votes)
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By Eduardo A. Encina and The Baltimore Sun | June 7, 2013
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts, who has spent most of this season at the team's spring training facility in Sarasota, Fla., rehabbing a right hamstring injury, visited with the club Friday and hopes he can complete his rehabilitation with the team. Roberts had surgery May 9 in Dallas and was given an estimated recovery time of at least six weeks. Roberts said he's been doing some light jogging, playing catch, hitting off a tee and has progressed to hitting off coaches over the past few days.