BALTIMORE -- The seats in the front row at Craig Albernaz ’s introductory press conference inside the Camden Yards warehouse on Tuesday morning were filled with those closest to the new Orioles manager . On the left side, his wife, Genevieve, sat with their three kids -- sons CJ and Norman and daughter Gigi.

Then, sitting on the right side were Guardians manager Stephen Vogt and his wife, Alyssa.

It’s not often an active MLB manager attends an event to celebrate a contemporary who is about to become an opponent during the next season. But Vogt and Albernaz have such a close relationship that Vogt wanted to be there for Albernaz.

“I’ve known Craig for a really long time, one of my best friends in the game of baseball, and I couldn’t miss this. I had to be here to support him,” Vogt

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