Remembering Baltimore Sports Superfan Mo Gaba 1 Year After His Passing – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s been one 12 months for the reason that passing of Baltimore Superfan Mo Gaba.

Mo confirmed when the going will get powerful, you get harder, as his fourth bout with most cancers just lately unfold to his lungs and mind earlier than he died Tuesday evening.

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Mo was an Orioles and Ravens superfan who rapidly captured the hearts of Baltimore Metropolis and your complete State of Maryland.

He started calling into 105.7 The Fan in 2015 on the age of 9 to share his information of Baltimore sports activities with native radio listeners.

Mo’s character and information didn’t go unnoticed by the Orioles and Ravens organizations.

The Orioles introduced final July that Mo had been elected to the Orioles Corridor of Fame because the second-ever recipient of The Wild Invoice Hagy Award. The ceremony can be held on Aug. 7.

Final September, not even two months after his passing, a complete part at M&T Financial institution Stadium was full of Mo cutouts. They referred to as it “Mo’s Rows.”

This 12 months, “Mo’s Rows’ can be returning to Camden Yards for his induction ceremony — besides this time they are going to be full of actual followers.

Mo turned the primary particular person to announce an NFL Draft decide whereas studying it in braille in 2019.

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Mo mentioned that he was all the time completely happy and beloved to make different individuals snicker.

“I’m all the time completely happy on a regular basis and I snicker on a regular basis and I make individuals snicker, too,” Mo mentioned.

The final time WJZ spoke to Mo, he had this message for everybody: “If you wish to be like me, simply be your self.”

We proceed to think about Mo’s household together with his mom Sonsy. He’ll all the time be an necessary a part of this metropolis without end.

For tickets and knowledge for the induction ceremony, go to: mosrows.com.

The Orioles reserved a bit for this installment of Mo’s Rows. The package deal comes with a ticket, a t-shirt and an indication. A portion of the proceeds will go to Johns Hopkins Kids’s Heart.

Mo’s Rows is again! This time they’re attempting to fill a bit at Camden Yards with Mo Gaba followers for his Orioles Corridor of Fame induction ceremony. pic.twitter.com/5RtxHvVjGH

— Sean Streicher (@SeanStreicher) July 19, 2021

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