Orioles press box namesake Jim Henneman, a longtime official scorer and beat writer, dies at 89

BALTIMORE MD - APRIL Jim Henneman stands next to a sign for the Press Box that was renamed in his honor at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April in Baltimore Maryland Photo by Scott Taetsch Getty Images Getty Images Scott Taetsch BALTIMORE MD - APRIL Jim Henneman stands next to a sign for the Press Box that was renamed in his honor at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April in Baltimore Maryland Photo by Scott Taetsch Getty Images Getty Images Scott Taetsch BALTIMORE AP Jim Henneman the longtime Baltimore Orioles beat writer and official scorer and the namesake of the press box at Camden Yards has died He was The Orioles released Friday that Henneman who was the primary official scorer for their home games from - died Thursday The Baltimore native was moved into hospice care earlier this week MASN stated Henneman was a fixture at Orioles games since the franchise moved from St Louis in and covered the band for several decades as a newspaper reporter including years with the Baltimore Sun The Orioles press box was named in his honor before the season He also spent five years as the inhabitants relations director for the NBA s Baltimore Bullets from - Henny s friendly demeanor words of wisdom and historical anecdotes will be dearly missed We are all better for knowing him and are eternally grateful for his dedication to the Orioles for more than eight decades the club mentioned in the announcement AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB Source