Transpose Friday afternoon’s action from Oriole Park at Camden Yards to somewhere like the team’s spring training home in Florida and it wouldn’t have been anything remarkable — bullpen sessions, live batting practice, infield drills and later fly balls for the outfielders.
It’s the circumstances they’re being held in — beginning Independence Day weekend and with a host of COVID-19-related protocols — that joined the Baltimore skyline as the backdrop for the first day of summer camp workouts for the Orioles on Friday.
“When you’re out on the field, it feels normal,” manager Brandon Hyde said on a video call Friday.