Baltimore Orioles To Sport Braille Uniforms

BALTIMORE, MD — The Baltimore Orioles uniforms will have a groundbreaking new feature. Lettering on the uniforms within the Major League Baseball organization will be in Braille. The Orioles will be the first pro sports team members in America with Braille on their game-day getups, according to the Orioles.

Adding Braille to the uniforms is designed to honor the National Federation for the Blind, which moved its headquarters to Baltimore 40 years ago and is located less than 1.5 miles from Camden Yards.

When the O's sport their new Braille-lettered uniforms, the team will be hosting National Federation of the Blind night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

On Sept. 18, we'll recognize the 40th anniversary of @NFB_voice moving their headquarters to Baltimore and become the first American professional sports team to incorporate Braille lettering into our gameday uniforms when we host National Federation of the Blind Night at OPACY. pic.twitter.com/vU8ZDlXGOr
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) September 5, 2018

Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on July 25. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)