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Know Your O’s: Pitcher Tyler Wilson

Orioles rookie right-hander Tyler Wilson is from an athletic family. His dad played pro ball in the minors and is brother is currently on the University of Virginia baseball team.

Wilson’s wife, though, is arguably the best athlete in the family. Chelsea Shine Wilson played four years of college basketball at the University of Virginia and still holds the school record for most games played, male or female.

In this segment of “Know Your O’s,” Tyler Wilson talks about his wife’s basketball career, who would win in a pickup game between them and which one is taller.

He goes in-depth about his love for all things Wahoo, what it is about college basketball that he enjoys so much and what occupation he would have pursued if he hadn’t been a pro athlete.

And since this is BaltimoreBaseball.com and not BaltimoreBasketball.com, we also squeeze in a question or two about what it’s been like to realize his baseball dream with the Orioles.

An incredibly articulate young man, it’s worth clicking below and getting to know a little bit more about Tyler Wilson.

Dan Connolly

Dan Connolly has spent more than two decades as a print journalist in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Baltimore native and Calvert Hall graduate first covered the Orioles as a beat writer for the York (Pennsylvania) Daily Record in 2001 before becoming The Baltimore Sun’s national baseball writer/Orioles reporter in 2005. He has won multiple state and national writing awards, including several from the Associated Press Sports Editors. In 2013 he was named Maryland Co-Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. And in 2015, he authored his first book, "100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die." He lives in York, with his wife, Karen, and three children, Alex, Annie, and Grace.

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OsDent says:

May 30, 2016 at 8:15 am

Great interview. Love this kid
Dan Connolly says:

May 30, 2016 at 12:21 pm

Thanks. He definitely has the right attitude for now and the future.
Jeffa says:

May 30, 2016 at 12:31 pm

I love him as a starter...I hope he stays in the rotation, and Wright finds his way to the pen...I think Wright has the ability to be a shutdown arm out of the pen..while Wilson shows better ability over 5-7 innings..