Baltimore Orioles: Wear special hats for the first game

The Baltimore Orioles and the rest of the MLB wore special hats for the first game of spring training.

As a way to honor the victims and survivors of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Baltimore Orioles and all of the MLB wore Stoneman Douglas baseball caps.

These black feature the “SD” initials in red with a white outline. Every single team wore the caps in solidarity.

Players from Southeast Florida

Clearly, the caps were especially meaningful to the five players who grew up in Broward County and Southeast Florida. Manny Machado – lovingly called Mr. Miami – grew up about an hour south of Stoneman Douglas High School. Jose Mesa attended school in Pembroke Pines, Florida, about 30 miles away from Parkland. Nestor Cortes attended school in Hialeah, near where Manny Machado grew up. Richard Bleier grew up in Plantation, just 30 minutes away from Parkland. And, Michael Kelly went to West Boca Raton Community School, which is only 10 miles away from Stoneman Douglas.

These five men wore those caps with pride.

Pictured here are Orioles players from the Broward County/Southeast Florida area, showing their support for the students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. All O’s players & uniformed personnel wore MSDHS caps for today’s game. pic.twitter.com/OqhuCcLHUW
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) February 23, 2018

Where you can get one

The caps are currently being auctioned on the Orioles website. You can find them here. The all began with $25 starting bids. They have gone up since the game was over, but there are still plenty with low bids.