It’s sizzling inside Oriole Park. The heat smacks you as soon as you enter the press box, but Adrienne Roberson, the team’s public address announcer, isn’t fazed.
As she sits between two glass barriers, preparing to work the Orioles’ game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Father’s Day, Roberson knows she’s a trailblazer in these parts of town. Roberson is the first woman to be a permanent public address announcer in Orioles history, and she is one of four in Major League Baseball.
Roberson spent years announcing Bowie Baysox games and Georgetown athletics, and made occasional guest appearances at Oriole Park.