Zach Britton expects a warm reception from the Camden Yards crowd if summoned to pitch against the Orioles during this weekend’s series against the New York Yankees. But he was also in Baltimore long enough to know that generally speaking, Orioles fans cheering a player in a Yankees uniform might as well be a like spotting a unicorn.
“I don’t know,” Britton said before Friday game, sitting in the visiting dugout at Camden Yards for the first time. “They’ve been great to me. I’m sure it’s going to be nice, but they obviously don’t like the Yankees either, so I’m sure it will be a mixtures of some boos or cheers I think.