Before Friday night’s 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, one Cedric Mullins bookended with home runs, the Orioles’ breakout star said it was hard to ignore all the All-Star speculation swirling around him.
Even harder to ignore was most of the largest crowd of the season at Camden Yards (13,284) getting a T-shirt with his name and number on it at the gate — and his teammates eating donuts with his face on them.
All he wants, he said, is to put it all aside come first pitch every night and help the Orioles win.