BALTIMORE -- It was the end of an era on Sunday afternoon, as longtime Orioles radio broadcaster Fred Manfra called his last game at Camden Yards, capping a 50-year broadcasting career that included the past two-and-a-half decades with his hometown team.
"You think back and when you look at this ballpark, coming to this office for 25 years, I don't know of any better view that anyone would have than Oriole Park at Camden Yards," said Manfra, an East Baltimore native and Patterson High School graduate who joined the Orioles radio broadcasts in 1993.
"I'm sure it will be a bittersweet experience.