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Fans still wait to rub elbows with former slugger Boog Powell at his BBQ stand

One day last summer at Camden Yards, Adam Jones approached Boog's BBQ stand and stepped up to the plates.

"I'd like some turkey," the Orioles' outfielder said.

Boog Powell hit the roof.

"You can't hit no damn home runs on turkey!" Powell bellowed. "I'm gonna give you some beef."

That he did. Now every time they meet, Jones says, "I had the beef."

For 25 years, Powell has served up barbecue and banter from his stand on Eutaw Street at Orioles games. His place has become a model for others, run by old players, around baseball.