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BALTIMORE — Randy Arozarena has a thing for the Orioles.

BALTIMORE — They pulled it off again.

BALTIMORE — Maybe there is something to the idea that two weeks' rest isn't enough time to run two of the most important races of your life.

BALTIMORE — The Orioles agreed Saturday to a two-year, $5.925 million contract with left-hander John Means to avoid arbitration, an industry source with direct knowledge of the agreement confirmed.

Fans arrived at Pimlico Race Course donning their Saturday best.

BALTIMORE — Before the call was even made, Austin Hays and his Orioles teammates were already leaving the field. He, as well as just about everyone inside Oriole Park at Camden Yards, knew the ruling would be overturned.

BALTIMORE — Tugging on the curtain concealing the trainer of Fenwick, the longest shot in Saturday's Preakness Stakes, provides a hodgepodge of clues like a jeans pocket, ripped shirt and disturbing stories about thumbs.

BALTIMORE — One year ago, Medina Spirit entered the Preakness with a dark cloud over him — the Kentucky Derby champion whose defining victory was in peril because of a medication violation and whose famous trainer, Bob Baffert, was facing suspensions in multiple jurisdictions.

BALTIMORE — In a sport where the slightest misstep can erase million-dollar dreams, predictability is good. Better, sometimes, than brilliant speed.

BALTIMORE — You don't hear about backyard Preakness parties. It's hard to pull off a blind-draw betting pool with only nine horses. Yes, there are still hats and a signature drink, but the Preakness has its own identity.

BALTIMORE — After the trade that returned the Ravens’ wide receiver group to that oh-so-familiar offseason zone — more potential than production, more questions than answers — Eric DeCosta couldn’t resist a joke. The Ravens general manager had just traded Marquise “Hollywood” Brown for the first-round pick that became center…