Spit, rub a little dirt on your hands, and dig into my history of the Norfolk Tides, published in the latest issue of Coastal Virginia Magazine.
The Triple-A baseball team and Baltimore Orioles affiliate -- once associated with the New York Mets and called the Tidewater Tides -- has seen a slew of legendary players and managers pass through its dugout in the past 50+ years: Mookie Wilson, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Bruce Bochy and more.
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(Photo by the mighty Les Treagus.)