THAT BALTIMORE CELEBRATES LIKE NO OTHER. A TALENTED ROSTER WITH A BLEND OF VETERANS AND YOUNGSTERS, SEVEN PLAYERS WILL MAKE THEIR OPENING DAY DEBUTS, INCLUDING KOBE MAYO AT THIRD BASE. THE 24 YEAR OLD CAN’T WAIT TO FINALLY TAKE PART IN PERSON. I WATCHED THE 2024 OPENING DAY VERSUS THE ANGELS ON THE TVS IN NORFOLK, AND JUST LOOKED AWESOME. IT’S A GREAT TIME THE FANS WERE INTO IT. OPENING DAY ISN’T NEW FOR BLAISE ALEXANDER, BUT OPENING DAY IN BALTIMORE FOR HIM SURELY IS. THE UTILITY INFIELDER BROUGHT OVER IN A FEBRUARY TRADE, UNDERSTANDS, THOUGH, THAT WHAT’S ON TAP IS TRULY SOMETHING SPECIAL. I WAS ACTUALLY JUST TALKING TO TALKING TO SOMEONE. MY DEBUT WAS OPENING DAY AFTER THE DIAMONDBACKS WERE IN THE WORLD SERIES, AND I THINK I HAVE A FEELING IT’S GOING TO BE A NOTCH ABOVE THAT. TREVOR ROGERS WATCHED OPENING DAY LAST YEAR IN SARASOTA, REHABBING FROM INJURY, SO THE CHANCE NOW TO TAKE THE MOUND ON OPENING DAY, IT’S AN HONOR HE WON’T TAKE FOR GRANTED. YEAH, I WAS HONORED. YOU KNOW I DIDN’T I DIDN’T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AT ALL. YOU KNOW, JUST THE STARTING STAFF THAT WE HAVE IN THIS ROOM. YOU KNOW, ANY ONE OF THOSE GUYS COULD HAVE BEEN THE OPENING DAY GUY. AND THE FACT THAT THEY TURNED TO ME FOR SUCH AN OCCASION, I WAS VERY HONORED AND VERY BLESSED TO TAKE THE BALL. FOR CRAIG ALBERNAZ, THURSDAY MARKS HIS FIRST OFFICIAL GAME AS MANAGER OF THE ORIOLES. HIS INAUGURAL GAME AS A SKIPPER IN THE BIGS, HE GOES BY THE MOTTO STAY NERVOUS SO YOU’LL NEVER BE NERVOUS. STILL, TOMORROW WILL HIT DIFFERENTLY. OPENING DAY ALWAYS HITS DIFFERENTLY, BUT ESPECIALLY HERE IN BALTIMORE, OPENING UP AT HOME WITH OUR CROWD BEHIND US. IT’S GOING TO BE SPECIAL AND HONESTLY, I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR THAT. OH, DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE THE SPECIAL PART OF IT. IT ALWAYS IS. AN. ALBERT SAYS HE’LL HAVE HIS FAMILY, HIS PARENTS, AND A FEW FRIENDS FROM BACK HOME MAKING THE TRIP DOWN FOR HIS INAUGURAL DEBUT AS A BIG LEAGUE MANAGER HERE AT CAMDEN YARDS. PETE GILBERT WBAL TV 11 SPORTS. I WAS JUST SAYING, WITH A NAME LIKE BLAISE ALEXANDER, THE DUDE HAS TO BE GOOD. YEAH, THERE’S NO QUESTION, RIGHT? PETE? I MEAN, NOT JUST BLAISE ALEXANDER. HE’S SUPER FAST. HE TALKS QUICKLY. HE’S VERY EXCITED TO DO INTERVIEWS. HE’S GOING TO BE A FUN ADDITION TO THIS TEAM. GUYS. WE LIKE IT. I ENJOY THE BIG SCREEN. WE’LL SEE YOU IN A BIT. THERE IS NO DAY AT CAMDEN YARDS QUITE LIKE OPENING DAY, SO IT’S NO SURPRISE ORIOLES HAVE A BIG LINEUP OF EVENTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS FOR TOMORROW’S GAME. FIRST, LET’S START WITH THE SPECIAL GUEST RAVENS COACH JESSE MINTER WILL FLOCK WITH ORIOLE FANS IN THE BIRDBATH. HE’LL BE THE GUEST SPLASHER AT TOMORROW’S GAME. ARTHUR GREEN, THE MO GABBA FAN OF THE YEAR, WILL THROW OUT THE CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH. YOU MAY REMEMBER THE ORIOLE SURPRISE, THE 109 YEAR OLD FAN WITH THE NEWS LAST YEAR. THAT WILL BE EXCITING. ALSO, FANS WILL GET TREATED TO A LIVE HOT DOG RACE WITH THE CAMDEN FRANKS. GO CATCH UP. HE’S MY FAVORITE. AND OUTSIDE OF THE BALLPARK, THE ORIOLES ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE ARRIVAL OF POLAR PETE ALONSO. THERE WILL BE LIVE ICE SCULPTING NEAR THE CAL RIPKEN JUNIOR STATUE THAT BEGINS AT NOON. DJ MIGHTY MARC WILL BE SPINNING RECORDS IN MARYLAND SQUARE, THE PLAZA OUTSIDE GATES A AND C, AND THEN AL BUMBRY AND JOE ORSULAK WILL SIGN AUTOGRAPHS. SO MUCH GOING ON. VERY EXCITING DAY AND YOU CAN SEE THE FULL LIST OF THE FESTIVITIES AND MORE P
Orioles — new and veteran — excited for Opening Day in Baltimore
Updated: 5:34 PM EDT Mar 25, 2026
Thursday marks a day Baltimore celebrates like no other.The Baltimore Orioles have a talented roster replete with a blend of veterans and youngsters. Seven players will make their Opening Day debuts, including 24-year-old third baseman Coby Mayo, who can’t wait to finally take part in person.”I watched the 2024 Opening Day (game) vs. the Angels on the TV in Norfolk and it just looked awesome, like a great time. The fans were into it,” Mayo told WBAL-TV 11 Sports.Opening Day isn’t new for Blaze Alexander, but it is for him in Baltimore. The utility infielder brought over in a February trade understands, though, that what’s on tap is truly something special.”I was actually just talking to someone, my debut was Opening Day after the Diamondbacks were in the World Series, and I have a feeling this is going to be a notch above that,” Alexander told WBAL-TV 11 Sports.Trevor Rogers watched Opening Day last year from Sarasota, Florida, while rehabbing from injury. So, the chance to now take the mound on Opening Day is an honor he isn’t taking for granted.”I was honored, I didn’t take it for granted at all. This starting staff that we have in this room, any of those guys could have been the starter on Opening Day. The fact that they turned to me for this occasion, I was very honored and very blessed to take the ball,” Rogers told WBAL-TV 11 Sports.And, for Craig Albernaz, Thursday marks his first official game as manager of the Orioles and his inaugural game as skipper in Major League Baseball. He goes by the motto, “Stay nervous, so you’ll never be nervous.” Still, Thursday in Baltimore will hit differently.”Opening Day always hits differently, especially in Baltimore, opening up at home with our crowd behind us is going to be special, and honestly, I just can’t wait to hear that ‘O’ during the national anthem, so that’s going to be a special part of it,” Albernaz said.Albernaz also said he’ll have his family, his parents and a few friends from home making the trip to Baltimore for his first Opening Day.
BALTIMORE —
Thursday marks a day Baltimore celebrates like no other.
I just can’t wait to hear that ‘O’ during the national anthem, so that’s going to be a special part.
The Baltimore Orioles have a talented roster replete with a blend of veterans and youngsters. Seven players will make their Opening Day debuts, including 24-year-old third baseman Coby Mayo, who can’t wait to finally take part in person.
“I watched the 2024 Opening Day (game) vs. the Angels on the TV in Norfolk and it just looked awesome, like a great time. The fans were into it,” Mayo told WBAL-TV 11 Sports.
Opening Day isn’t new for Blaze Alexander, but it is for him in Baltimore. The utility infielder brought over in a February trade understands, though, that what’s on tap is truly something special.
“I was actually just talking to someone, my debut was Opening Day after the Diamondbacks were in the World Series, and I have a feeling this is going to be a notch above that,” Alexander told WBAL-TV 11 Sports.
Trevor Rogers watched Opening Day last year from Sarasota, Florida, while rehabbing from injury. So, the chance to now take the mound on Opening Day is an honor he isn’t taking for granted.
“I was honored, I didn’t take it for granted at all. This starting staff that we have in this room, any of those guys could have been the starter on Opening Day. The fact that they turned to me for this occasion, I was very honored and very blessed to take the ball,” Rogers told WBAL-TV 11 Sports.
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Orioles new videoboard
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And, for Craig Albernaz, Thursday marks his first official game as manager of the Orioles and his inaugural game as skipper in Major League Baseball. He goes by the motto, “Stay nervous, so you’ll never be nervous.” Still, Thursday in Baltimore will hit differently.
“Opening Day always hits differently, especially in Baltimore, opening up at home with our crowd behind us is going to be special, and honestly, I just can’t wait to hear that ‘O’ during the national anthem, so that’s going to be a special part of it,” Albernaz said.
Albernaz also said he’ll have his family, his parents and a few friends from home making the trip to Baltimore for his first Opening Day.
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