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Not All The Slammers At Memorial Ended In Runs

Posted on February 11, 2011 by atomictv

By Rafael Alvarez (The Baltimore Sun, 10/6/1991) Today is your last opportunity to be arrested at a major league ballpark on 33rd Street. And if it is your desire to take a little piece of Memorial Stadium with you as … Continue reading →

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After 20 years at WJZ, Marty Bass continues to be one of the area’s most popular TV personalities (1998)

Posted on February 10, 2011 by atomictv

Success has meant not leaving Baltimore By Chris Kaltenbach (The Baltimore Sun, 1/11/1998) Baltimore was just supposed to be a brief stop on the way to big-time TV success. Some brief stop. Two decades later, Marty Bass is still plugging … Continue reading →

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Judged by His Beers

Posted on February 10, 2011 by atomictv

By Charles Cohen (Baltimore City Paper, 6/16/2004) The Orioles may think they sell status with Camden Yards skyboxes, but true O’s fans know they’ve really earned their way into an exclusive club when they make it onto Fancy Clancy’s short … Continue reading →

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Negro Mountain History

Posted on February 10, 2011 by atomictv

Western Maryland’s Historical Library: Negro Mountain The most commonly accepted historical account as to how Negro Mountain received its name can be traced to the 1750s. Colonel Thomas Cresap and his black body-servant, “Nemesis,” were tracking a group of American … Continue reading →

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