For a weekend, the O’s are the home crowd
Of all the athletes in the history of Tampa Bay, of all the competitors who have walked in the shadow of the Skyway, has there ever been any to compare with… Cal Ripken? He was ours, you know, glove, bat and work ethic. He represented the hard-working men and women of this area. He went to work every day, and he took a piece of all of us with him. And citrus, too. Then there was Brooks Robinson. And Jim…