Virginia State University's Homecoming Parade is this weekend. One of VSU’s most celebrated graduates Alonzo "Al" Bumbry, a former major league baseball player, will be a guest of honor, and as grand ...

Growing up, just about every boy at one point or another dreams of making it to the major leagues as a professional baseball player. Very few make it. Even fewer are the kids who are lucky enough to ...

First in an 11-part series about the vagaries of awards voting. Al Bumbry rightfully earned American League Rookie of the Year honors in 1973. However, as arguably a division champion’s best hitter, ...

Al Bumbry was one of the great athletes to ever come out of the state of Virginia, a high school and college basketball star who went on to become one of the great Baltimore Orioles center fielders in ...

Al Bumbry was named the American League’s Rookie of the Year back in 1973. He played most of his games for the Orioles in left field. Center field was occupied by a guy who would win eight Gold Gloves ...

INTO WHAT MADE HIM A STAR AND WHY HE KEPT BALTIMORE HIS HOME. REPORTER: HE WAS NAMED ROOKIE OF THYEE AR IN 1973, GRABBING THE SPOT FOR THE OILS -- ORIOLES AND NOT LETTING IN, SETTING A RECORD FOR HITS ...

While some dedicated baseball fans consider the festivities surrounding the Baltimore Orioles Opening Day as something close to a civic holiday in Charm City and its environs, the afternoon full of ...

Steve Bumbry already has a head start on his father. The Dulaney senior, a two-time All-Metro center fielder, has a baseball scholarship to Virginia Tech. His father, former Oriole Al Bumbry, earned a ...

Forty-one years ago, Al Bumbry was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles. On Wednesday, so was his son. Virginia Tech center fielder Steve Bumbry was picked by the Orioles in the 12th round of the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Va., Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The St. James Performance Academy is proud to announce that Steve Bumbry current Director of Diamond Sports is now also overseeing Academy teams. A ...

Al Bumbry is retired from coaching now -- in part, so he can attend Tech games -- but perks remain. Just last December, Steve and Al traveled to Arizona together and spent some time at the Indians ...

Al Bumbry was chasing a college basketball career when baseball came calling in his senior year. Drafted by the Orioles in 1968, he brought speed, precision, and an unshakable work ethic to Baltimore.