Orioles manager Buck Showalter sat in the visitors’ dugout of Safeco Field before Tuesday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners and preached about maintaining the “competitive integrity” of the game when playing against teams competing for postseason spots. Then he sent out a starting lineup...
Merle Caples has followed the Orioles for nearly 60 years — first with her eyes, and now with her ears. Caples, 95, is blind. Yet the Orioles remain her team, sight unseen. “It doesn’t stop you from rooting for them,” she said of her disability. Caples listens to every game on the radio from her.