Baltimore Orioles
2018
Baltimore Orioles
2018
Camden Yards. Where the jerseys are inclusive, but the logic isn’t.
The biggest blind spot is thinking you’ve connected the dots.
INT. LOCKER ROOM—NIGHT
The Orioles clubhouse buzzes with nervous energy. Not because of the Blue Jays.
Because tonight… they’re honoring blind fans—celebrating 40 years of the blind leading the blind at the National Federation of the Blind.
PLAYER #1 (staring at his last name in Braille on his jersey):
So… is this like a scratch-n-sniff situation?
PLAYER #2 (absently tapping a baseball bat on the floor like a cane):
It’s called Braille. It’s for blind people.
PLAYER #3 (confused):
But how will they even know we’re wearing it?
PLAYER #4 (clutching his pants):
Are they coming in the locker room to feel us?
COACH:
It’s just for optics.
⸻
EXT. CAMDEN YARDS—OPENING PITCH CEREMONY
The crowd roars.
A teen representative from the National Federation of the Blind stands tall on the mound— confident, eyes fixed on blackness.
He winds up.
Lets it fly.
A perfect throw…
Between first base and the photographer pit.
The crowd pauses.
A beat.
ANNOUNCER (over loudspeaker, cheerfully):
A perfect strike!
Let the games begin!
The crowd erupts.
Grateful for the script.
CUT TO: BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
SOMEWHERE IN THE LEFT FIELD BLEACHERS
A blind fan sits back with a soda and a soft pretzel.
He gazes with the thousand-yard stare of a blind man asked to describe what Camden Yards looks like.
He leans toward his friend.
BLIND FAN:
Who’s batting?
The friend squints through binoculars.
Long pause.
FRIEND:
Dot dot… dot.
Dot dot dot.
Dot.
BLIND FAN (nodding):
Trey Mancini.
FRIEND:
Yeah, that guy.
Beat.
BLIND FAN:
You see the hotdog guy anywhere?
The friend checks the rows nearby.
FRIEND:
Nah.
He struck out too.
⸻
FINAL SCORE:
Blue Jays—6
Orioles—4
Baltimore Orioles
2018
Camden Yards. Where the jerseys are inclusive, but the logic isn’t.
The biggest blind spot is thinking you’ve connected the dots.
INT. LOCKER ROOM—NIGHT
The Orioles clubhouse buzzes with nervous energy. Not because of the Blue Jays.
Because tonight… they’re honoring blind fans—celebrating 40 years of the blind leading the blind at the National Federation of the Blind.
PLAYER #1 (staring at his last name in Braille on his jersey):
So… is this like a scratch-n-sniff situation?
PLAYER #2 (absently tapping a baseball bat on the floor like a cane):
It’s called Braille. It’s for blind people.
PLAYER #3 (confused):
But how will they even know we’re wearing it?
PLAYER #4 (clutching his pants):
Are they coming in the locker room to feel us?
COACH:
It’s just for optics.
⸻
EXT. CAMDEN YARDS—OPENING PITCH CEREMONY
The crowd roars.
A teen representative from the National Federation of the Blind stands tall on the mound— confident, eyes fixed on blackness.
He winds up.
Lets it fly.
A perfect throw…
Between first base and the photographer pit.
The crowd pauses.
A beat.
ANNOUNCER (over loudspeaker, cheerfully):
A perfect strike!
Let the games begin!
The crowd erupts.
Grateful for the script.
CUT TO: BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
SOMEWHERE IN THE LEFT FIELD BLEACHERS
A blind fan sits back with a soda and a soft pretzel.
He gazes with the thousand-yard stare of a blind man asked to describe what Camden Yards looks like.
He leans toward his friend.
BLIND FAN:
Who’s batting?
The friend squints through binoculars.
Long pause.
FRIEND:
Dot dot… dot.
Dot dot dot.
Dot.
BLIND FAN (nodding):
Trey Mancini.
FRIEND:
Yeah, that guy.
Beat.
BLIND FAN:
You see the hotdog guy anywhere?
The friend checks the rows nearby.
FRIEND:
Nah.
He struck out too.
⸻
FINAL SCORE:
Blue Jays—6
Orioles—4
Baltimore Orioles
2018
Camden Yards. Where the jerseys are inclusive, but the logic isn’t.
The biggest blind spot is thinking you’ve connected the dots.
INT. LOCKER ROOM—NIGHT
The Orioles clubhouse buzzes with nervous energy. Not because of the Blue Jays.
Because tonight… they’re honoring blind fans—celebrating 40 years of the blind leading the blind at the National Federation of the Blind.
PLAYER #1 (staring at his last name in Braille on his jersey):
So… is this like a scratch-n-sniff situation?
PLAYER #2 (absently tapping a baseball bat on the floor like a cane):
It’s called Braille. It’s for blind people.
PLAYER #3 (confused):
But how will they even know we’re wearing it?
PLAYER #4 (clutching his pants):
Are they coming in the locker room to feel us?
COACH:
It’s just for optics.
⸻
EXT. CAMDEN YARDS—OPENING PITCH CEREMONY
The crowd roars.
A teen representative from the National Federation of the Blind stands tall on the mound— confident, eyes fixed on blackness.
He winds up.
Lets it fly.
A perfect throw…
Between first base and the photographer pit.
The crowd pauses.
A beat.
ANNOUNCER (over loudspeaker, cheerfully):
A perfect strike!
Let the games begin!
The crowd erupts.
Grateful for the script.
CUT TO: BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
SOMEWHERE IN THE LEFT FIELD BLEACHERS
A blind fan sits back with a soda and a soft pretzel.
He gazes with the thousand-yard stare of a blind man asked to describe what Camden Yards looks like.
He leans toward his friend.
BLIND FAN:
Who’s batting?
The friend squints through binoculars.
Long pause.
FRIEND:
Dot dot… dot.
Dot dot dot.
Dot.
BLIND FAN (nodding):
Trey Mancini.
FRIEND:
Yeah, that guy.
Beat.
BLIND FAN:
You see the hotdog guy anywhere?
The friend checks the rows nearby.
FRIEND:
Nah.
He struck out too.
⸻
FINAL SCORE:
Blue Jays—6
Orioles—4
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innovation engine.
Build for edge cases first; the mainstream will follow.
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Accessibility is the
innovation engine.
Build for edge cases first; the mainstream will follow.
Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
Accessibility is the
innovation engine.
Build for edge cases first;
the mainstream will follow.
Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
