BALTIMORE-- Rain has pummeled the Baltimore area throughout much of the spring, a big reason the Orioles' home games have often involved cool weather, rain and wind -- or all three at once.
But during three days of that kind of weather last week, several people spent lots of time planting about 12,000 plants --- in 26 different species -- in a garden that's a long fly ball from a gate near right field at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles and the Maryland Stadium Authority dedicated this new, native plant garden at the ballpark on Thursday morning.