{"id":853782,"date":"2026-04-04T19:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853782\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T19:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:08:16","slug":"baltimore-ravens-jesse-minter-reacts-to-the-orioles-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853782\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens Jesse Minter reacts to the Orioles opening day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore Ravens Jesse Minter reacts to the Orioles opening day<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/>Jesse Minter got his first taste of Baltimore sports culture at Orioles Opening Day and came away impressed by the city\u2019s passion.<\/p>\n<p>April 4, 2026, 11:57 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At the Owners Meetings, new\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" data-autotag=\"6f9d8950-4e8a-4277-ba96-ee5ce9eb842e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Ravens<\/a> head coach Jesse Minter\u00a0met with the media and was asked what his experience was like at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/baltimore-orioles\/225\" data-autotag=\"2aa046ec-b1f4-41c3-9b35-9eda5eeaab83\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>\u00a0Opening Day. For a first-year head coach still getting acclimated to the city, it was an early glimpse into just how passionate Baltimore&#8217;s fanbase can be across all sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It was cool. The &#8216;Splash Zone&#8217; \u2013 it was neat. Baltimore is such a great sports town. The Orioles are an awesome organization. The way they do Opening Day is a huge deal. So, it was really fun to be a part of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Minter&#8217;s comments reflect just how quickly he&#8217;s beginning to understand the heartbeat of Baltimore\u2014a city that rallies behind its teams and takes pride in its traditions. As he prepares for his first season on the sidelines, moments like Opening Day could go a long way in helping him connect with the fanbase and fully embrace what it means to represent Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 ravenswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens Jesse Minter reacts to the Orioles opening dayJesse Minter got his first taste of Baltimore sports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[95878,184,117,2282,7,6,169,96963,96964,95882,116687,95898,116688,95906,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-853782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-baltimoreravens","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-ravens","15":"tag-sstssportsnflravens","16":"tag-sstsnravens","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagbaltimore-orioles","19":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","20":"tag-tagopening-day","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116348014650815885","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}