Corey McLaughlin

Writer and editor in Baltimore, Md.

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Baltimore Magazine •

Will David Rubenstein’s Deep Pockets Help the O’s Finally Win Another World Series?

Sporting a white Orioles home jersey, an enthusiastic grin, and a seemingly limitless bankroll, Baltimore-born billionaire David Rubenstein announced last Opening Day, “This is a new day, a new chapter,” from the sixth floor of the B&O Warehouse. And O’s fans, who had soured on the previous regime’s recent underfunded payroll and a 40-plus-year championship drought, were eager for the chapter to begin.
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The Orioles Passed the Spring Training Vibe Check

What a beautiful St. Patrick’s Day it was: a sun-splashed Monday in Fort Myers on Florida’s West Coast, with a Gulf breeze blowing 74-degree air across the Boston Red Sox’ Fenway Park-inspired spring training complex. That afternoon, a group of orange-clad Orioles wearing holiday-themed green hats left the place—dubbed Fenway South, featuring an imitation Green Monster in left field—with a convincing 12-3 win. If the minor-leaguers can beat the Red Sox, what can the big-league O’s do this year?
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As the Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum Turns 50, It’s Looking to Grow Again

A slice of Baltimore sports heaven is found, for now, in the climate-controlled basement of 216 Emory Street in Ridgley’s Delight. Two blocks from Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and two floors below where Babe Ruth was born almost 130 years ago, neatly arranged on shelves below UV-filtered light are dozens of artifacts fit for a spectacular episode of Antiques Roadshow. Or their own museum, in addition to the one already upstairs.
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Adult Baseball Leagues to Join Around Baltimore This Season

Like almost every adult who puts on a mock Orioles, Nationals, or other MLB uniform each spring Sunday morning to play in the Baltimore Senior Baseball League, Travis Wright dreamt as a kid he’d play in the biggest of leagues one day: the majors. “Growing up, you always thought that’s what you were going to do for a living,” Wright, 53, of Hampden, says. “At least I did. I thought I was going to be a ballplayer."
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That’s Mr. (Ruben)Splash, To You

At this very moment, David Rubenstein is the perfect owner of the Baltimore Orioles. He’s a fan, at heart. He was born and raised here, in Pikesville, where he jokes he played a mean shortstop in a Jewish Little League. And, today, decades later, he’s a content, 74-year-old billionaire who keeps hitting all the right notes two months into taking over control of the beloved hometown professional baseball team in a $1.7 billion deal.
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