Sheltered behind a rack of jerseys in the corner of Orioles reliever Mike Wright Jr.’s locker is a wooden sign. There’s a phrase carved into the grain in cursive script: “Always stay humble and kind.”
Wright spends a lot of time next to his locker, and the sign, before games. For him, the words — the last line of each verse in a Tim McGraw song — punctuated the air at his wedding reception in December as he danced with his mother, Sherry. It was her favorite song.
“She was so good that day,” he said.