O’s new owner can lead Baltimore to victory | STAFF COMMENTARY

Not to put too fine a point on it, but boy, does Baltimore need the good feelings that come with an Orioles Opening Day right about now.

From Tuesday’s traumatic bridge collapse to the more everyday challenges of concentrated poverty, drug addiction, crime and urban blight, today’s home opener against the Angels — assuming weather permits — looms large. And not just as a distraction from unhappy circumstances. Orioles baseball is a religion in this city and Oriole Park at Camden Yards is its cathedral.