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For Showalter, Winning Is in the Details

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When the players have gone and the sun is getting ready to set on the beautifully renovated Ed Smith Stadium complex, it is not unusual to see a lone figure steering a golf cart slowly around the facility and examining everything from the landscaping to the light fixtures.

Buck Showalter will tell you that the Orioles' scenic spring training home is the creation of architect Janet Marie Smith and the Angelos family, but it's telling how much time he spends helping them perfect it after working all day trying to rebuild a broken baseball franchise.

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