The Orioles shortstop ranks tied for second in the major leagues with 19 home runs, putting him on pace to hit 54 in his sophomore season. However, the year-old rarely celebrates his long balls with the gusto some other players do, instead opting to politely admire his long balls for a few seconds before dropping the bat like a gentleman and trotting around the bases.
His teammates approve. Henderson technically has two different walk celebrations. In the first, when the Orioles are in the first base dugout like at Camden Yards, Henderson puts the barrel of the bat in his right hand and flings it like a frisbee toward the first base dugout. For the other, when the Orioles are in the third base dugout like in most road ballparks, Henderson underhand chucks his bat before he turns and jogs to first. Sometimes it can be up to a Batting ninth, McCann flung his bat in Henderson-esque fashion to give way for the youngster to hit the second grand slam of his nascent career.
Webb and Irvin said pitchers are usually too mad at themselves after they throw ball four to care about how the batter accepts it. It makes the game fun and interesting. We get fired up when we get a big strikeout. The Orioles continue their gantlet this week with four games in Toronto versus the Blue Jays and four more in St.
Petersburg against the Rays, with the final contest of that wraparound series coming next Monday. Perhaps more important than the results this week is how the Orioles handle their pitching staff. Without a day off until June 17 followed by 13 straight days with a game, how to use the bullpen to cover any leftover innings will be a nightly quandary.
The last time more fans flocked to Camden Yards for a three-game series was August The last time it happened before schools let out not including a home-opening series was May After ranking 21st in total attendance last year, Baltimore is 18th this year and on pace to eclipse 2 million visitors — the mark of a solid attendance season — for the first time since Hyde was criticized by some fans Sunday for leaving right-hander Dillon Tate in to pitch the eighth inning with a one-run lead and left-hander Danny Coulombe warming.
