Orioles become first American professional sports team to incorporate Braille lettering on uniforms

BarDown Staff

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The Baltimore Orioles play host to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night and it’s going to be a historic night.

As a way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the National Federation of the Blind moving its headquarters to Baltimore, the Orioles will become the first American professional sports team to incorporate Braille lettering on their gameday uniforms.

Tonight, in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the @nfb_voice moving their national headquarters to Baltimore, we’ll host National Federation of the Blind Night. #Orioles players and coaches will wear specially-designed jerseys with Braille lettering. The Orioles are the first team in American professional sports history to incorporate Braille lettering into their gameday uniforms. The jerseys will be autographed, authenticated, and auctioned at orioles.com/auctions to benefit the National Federation of the Blind. #Birdland

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The players and the coaches will wear specially designed jerseys on Tuesday night that feature Braille lettering on both the front and the back of the uniforms and will later be auctioned off with proceeds going to the National Federation of the Blind.

Down at Oriole Park at Camden Yards to cover NFB night hosted by the @orioles - Doesn’t hurt they’re playing the Blue Birds tonight too. The Orioles will be wearing jerseys with braille replacing the name bar and team name on the front. #nationalfederationoftheblind @accessiblemediainc

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The team also shared out the starting lineup in Braille lettering, and handed out Braille alphabet cards to the first 15,000 fans in attendance.

The names in our lineup graphic are in Braille lettering in recognition of National Federation of the Blind Night at Oriole Park. @Dylan_Bundy on the mound vs Blue Jays at 7:05 p.m. #Birdland @NFB_voice pic.twitter.com/S16DH6GxWe
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) September 18, 2018

The first 15,000 fans in attendance tonight will receive a co-branded @NFB_voice / #Orioles Braille alphabet card, which will be distributed by volunteers from the NFB. #Birdland pic.twitter.com/6kCPyoB13m
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) September 18, 2018

This has been a season to forget about for both the Orioles and their fanbase, but this is one thing they can certainly be proud of.

(H/T Instagram/orioles)