Pete Gilbert

1 week ago | wbaltv.com | Pete Gilbert

A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. IT’S THE FINAL BASEBALL PRACTICE OF THE SEASON HERE AT BANFIELD FOR THE BLUE JAYS, BUT THE SEASON FAR FROM OVER. TOMORROW, THEY HEAD OFF TO OHIO FOR THE DIVISION THREE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. EVEN WITH ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF GREATNESS RIGHT THERE BEFORE THEM, AS THE TOP SEEDED JOHNS HOPKINS BLUE JAYS LOOK FOR ITS FIRST EVER BASEBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

1 week ago | wbaltv.com | Pete Gilbert

YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY HERE TODAY, ALL WEARING T SHIRTS TO CELEBRATE YOU. AND YOU GET TO BE DOWN HERE ON THE FIELD AND YOU’RE GOING TO THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH. AS A LIFELONG ORIOLE FAN, I MEAN, I CAN’T IMAGINE A MUCH BETTER DAY. WELL, YES, FOR FIRST, THE FAMILY. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL FAMILY. THEY’RE ALL GREAT. THREE CHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES, NINE GRANDKIDS AND NINE GREAT GRANDKIDS. AND THEY’RE ALL GOOD AND THEY’RE ALL SMART AND THEY’RE ALL SUCCESSFUL. YOU MUST BE SO PROUD. I AM.

2 weeks ago | wbaltv.com | Pete Gilbert

STORY. IF THE GOAL IS TO GO OUT ON TOP, JOHNS HOPKINS BASEBALL COACH BOB BABB IS WELL ON HIS WAY. HIS TEAM IS 42 AND THREE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY, AND THIS WEEKEND THEY HOST AN NCAA DIVISION THREE SUPER REGIONAL. BOB BABB, IN HIS 45TH SEASON AS THE HEAD BASEBALL COACH AT JOHNS HOPKINS, WILL RETIRE AFTER THIS SEASON. THAT MEANS THIS WEEKEND, THE SUPER REGIONAL WITH CASE WESTERN, A BEST TWO OUT OF THREE, WILL BE HIS LAST AT BABB FIELD. THE FIELD NAMED IN HIS HONOR.

3 weeks ago | wbaltv.com | Pete Gilbert

THE ALIBI BREAKFAST ENDED A HALF HOUR AGO, YET BOB BAFFERT DWAYNE LUCAS, THEY ARE STILL HOLDING COURT. AND WHEN THEY HOLD COURT, IT IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. BOB BAFFERT AND DWAYNE LUCAS RELISHING THE CHANCE TO BREAK BREAD. THEY COMBINED TO OWN 32 AMERICAN CLASSIC WINS, 15 PREAKNESS TITLES. THEY ARE THE ICONIC CHAMPIONS OF HORSE RACING. YEARS OF HEATED RIVALRY, THOUGH, HAS EVOLVED INTO A DEEP FRIENDSHIP. AND NOW WHEN THEY GET A CHANCE TO YUCK IT UP TOGETHER, GAME ON.

3 weeks ago | wbaltv.com | Pete Gilbert

PETE. YEAH, TRAINER MICHAEL GORHAM, WHOSE BARN IS AT DELAWARE PARK. HE HAS MORE THAN 1300 VICTORIES ON HIS LEDGER, BUT NEVER BEFORE HAS HE SADDLED A SINGLE HORSE FOR A TRIPLE CROWN RACE. WELL, BARRING A DISASTER THAT WILL CHANGE SATURDAY WHEN HE SENDS OUT PAY BILLY IN THE 150TH RUNNING OF THE PREAKNESS. BUT PAY BILL THE TESIO STAKES AT LAUREL MAY NOT BE A GRADED RACE, BUT THE WINNER EARNS ENTRY TO THE PREAKNESS. PAY BILLY, BUT BILLY DOESN’T HAVE TO PAY THE ENTRY FEE TAKEN CARE OF.