SALISBURY, Md. — Twenty-three years ago, when Matt Holliday was 19 years old, the future All-Star outfielder found himself at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, playing for the Asheville Tourists. That was at the onset of Holliday’s career, and he marked that series against the Delmarva Shorebirds with a home run.
Now there’s another Holliday beginning his career at Perdue Stadium, with Orioles prospect Jackson Holliday making his debut with Low-A Delmarva on Thursday. Holliday is a year younger than his father was at this stage, making the jump from the Florida Complex League to an affiliate after Baltimore selected him with the first overall pick in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.
Holliday learned of the connection with his father at Perdue Stadium the night before his debut. And while Holliday didn’t talk with his father about it yet, he laughed and said “I probably need to call him, see what the secret is” to hitting homers in the ballpark he’ll call home for the final two-and-a-half weeks of the season.
