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Orioles To Sport Braille Jerseys To Honor Advocacy Group For Blind

The Baltimore Orioles uniforms will look and feel a good bit different on Sept. 18, as the team honors the National Federation of the Blind.

For the 40th anniversary of the organization's move to Baltimore, players and coaches will sport Braille lettering of both "Orioles" and player last names, becoming the first team in American professional sports to do so.

The Orioles take on the Toronto Blue Jays at 7:05 p.m. that night.

Carlos Alberto Ibay, a concert pianist and singer who has been blind this birth, will perform the national anthem. Mark Riccobono, the NFB's president, will throw out the first pitch.