New Orioles pitcher Nathan Karns is looking for an opportunity like just about every other unfamiliar face at the Ed Smith Stadium spring training complex, but he’s obviously not one of the new kids on the block.
While the locker room is full of minor league prospects hoping to arrive at the major league level this season, Karns, 31, is hoping to find his way back to the mound after a promising career ran aground because of a string of debilitating injuries.
So, why join a team that has little chance to win and only four other thirtysomething players to pal around with?