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Sun series: A week on the farm

About this series: Sun reporters Candus Thomson and Monica Lopossay visited the Orioles' six minor league teams in one week. Here are stories, videos and photos from the trip.

Photos

Orioles minor league road trip

Series photos by The Sun's Monica Lopossay

Graphic

Minor league stops

A map highlighting the locations of the O's minor league teams

On the Web

O's minor league teams
• Norfolk Tides (AAA)
• Bowie Baysox (AA)
• Aberdeen IronBirds (A)
• Delmarva Shorebirds (A)
• Frederick Keys (A)
• Bluefield Orioles (R)

Other Md. minor league teams
• Hagerstown Suns

July 14, 2007

Last in a series

Minors becoming major happening

Although she has never played an inning in the Orioles' farm system, Vi Ripken knows a thing or two about the minor leagues as the wife of a player-manager and the mother of two boys who came up through the ranks.

July 13, 2007

Sixth in a series

Tides turn to the Orioles

You'd never know that this time last year fans were embracing the Big Apple and singing "New York, New York" at the end of every game.

July 12, 2007

Fifth in a series

Baby Birds learn to fly in Bluefield

The handshake, a quaint form of sealing a deal, has worked for the Baltimore Orioles and their Rookie-level team for half a century, an affiliation unmatched in organized baseball.

July 11, 2007

Fourth in a series