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Built through discipline and tougher batting practice sessions, more Orioles are trusting a program introduced by the team’s hitting instructors that emphasizes forcing pitchers to throw more strikes.

I’ve been commuting from Annapolis to Baltimore a couple of days each week for a few months now. We’ve got traffic in Annapolis, and sometimes it’s maddening. There was that one time a sailboat mast got caught in a powerline on Forest Drive. But I have to ask you Baltimore Beltway commuters a question: Is it always this bad?

They'll remember the win, most of all, but the Orioles have plenty to take from opening day. The positives: A potent, patient offense powered by speedy, daring runners. The negatives: Questions about the defense and relief pitching, which were solid on the way to 2022's surprising season.

Whether you plan to have them go ziplining or binge TV all week, remember to do what feels right for you and your family.

Maryland’s small-town state capital has a formula for the number of officers, but it’s suddenly not working.

Any frustration anyone feels about Rodriguez not being on the opening day roster has nothing to do with the reason given, which was that he isn’t good enough right now. It has everything to do with how the Orioles under Mike Elias have operated.

Meoli covered the Orioles from 2016-2021, the launched a newsletter with the mission to write about the players, processes, philosophies and anything else that can help make the Orioles good again. Now, he’s bringing his insights and reporting to The Baltimore Banner.

We’re more open to talking about mental health in the wake of the public crises of people like Amanda Bynes. But is that enough?

The festival, which will show about 70 eclectic shorts and features over four days, is as much about community as it is about film.

“In a city like Baltimore, a blue-collar city of the disenfranchised and downtrodden, not only does Lamar represent that struggle of having to do more with less, but he looks like us, talks like us, dresses like us,” Aaron Maybin said. “He validates our kids’ existence.”

Annapolis marks the start of spring in its own ways, even if nobody tells the calendar.

Sometimes it’s hard to unwind, even in situations created specifically for that purpose. Two local yoga instructors and wellness professionals give advice.

On a trip to Ireland, there’s a spot where literature and taking to the water meet. Maybe there’s a place for this at home.

I ventured to Guinness Open Gate Brewery, an outpost in Arbutus of the legendary Irish brewery, to learn how to serve the drink.

I don’t believe you can see evil in someone’s face. I’m not even sure it exists. It’s an old-fashioned concept, one you don’t hear much discussed anymore. Is Alex Murdaugh evil? Was Forrest Clyde Williams III?