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First the good news: The Frederick Keys will continue to play ball during the summer at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium. Now the less good news, the team will no longer be affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles organization, and the quality of play will probably be a bit lower.
The very existence of the team has been in doubt since it was revealed in 2019 that Major League Baseball wanted to eliminate 42 minor league teams in a major restructuring of the sport. The Keys were one of the teams on the chopping block.
Major League Baseball said at the time it wanted to reduce the number of minor league teams to make the development of players more efficient and also improve the pay and working conditions for players.
Jim and Amanda Addington are now wondering what their summer might look like.
For the past six years, the Frederick residents have run a host-family program for minor league baseball players.
At just about every Frederick Keys home game, the Addingtons can be found in their seats at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium, enjoying a game they love and supporting the players they have come to know and help support.
But Wednesdayâs news the Keys and Baltimore Orioles were parting ways, ending more than a year of speculation about the fate of their 31-year relationship, left the Addingtons with questions, not just about the future of the minor-league team, but of their own involvement with it.