No one will have to introduce new Orioles reliever Shawn Armstrong to the concept of "Smaltimore." He's living it right as he joins the team.
Armstrong, claimed off waivers from the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, is college teammates from East Carolina and close friends with former Orioles reliever Mike Wright, who was designated for assignment April 21 and traded to the Mariners.
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The two didn't overlap in Seattle — Armstrong was designated for assignment just before Wright arrived — but Wright told reporters in Seattle that Armstrong is his "best friend from college.