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Knuckleballer Gamboa feels at home in O's camp

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Eddie Gamboa walked into Ed Smith Stadium earlier this week all smiles. In many ways, the knuckleballer feels back at home at Orioles Spring Training.

"[I'm] happy to be back, absolutely," the 33-year-old right-hander said. "The organization that I spent eight years with, and I left, kind of ventured off, but in a weird way, this is family. It feels like family, although it's a business. It feels good to come back and know most of the guys and coaching staff here."

Gamboa, who signed a Minor League contract with the O's on Jan.