BALTIMORE -- Prior to each Major League game, kids gather around the dugout hoping for an autograph, a picture or a quick conversation with the players they idolize on the field. But prior to Friday's game, the roles were reversed when Orioles second baseman Jonathan Schoop eagerly approached 12-year-old Cahree Myrick to talk not about baseball, but chess.
Anyone who has stepped into the Orioles' clubhouse this season has likely seen a competitive chess match between players and coaches while others from the team watch.
"You think what your opponent is trying to do," Schoop said.