Former BGSU standout Nolan Reimold is getting closer to every baseball player's ultimate dream.
Coming off of an injury that limited him to 50 games in 2007, Reimold rebounded with an outstanding season for Class AA Bowie (Md.) this past summer and is still listed as one of the Baltimore Orioles' top position-player prospects.
"The biggest thing for me was to stay on the field, and I did that for the whole year," said Reimold from his hometown in Greenville, Pa. "Being on the field every day, getting my at-bats - that enabled me to produce."
In 139 games for the Baysox last season, Reimold batted .284 with 25 home runs and 84 runs batted in.
The year before in 50 games with Bowie, Reimold was solid with a .306 average, 11 homers and 34 RBI, but was sidelined for most of the year with a strained oblique muscle.
"I use it for everything," said Reimold of the problems that the oblique injury caused, with most of the athletic motions used in baseball dependent on a strong core of the body.
But the 6-foot-4, 207-pound right-handed hitting and throwing outfielder returned to form, and most importantly stayed on the field for Bowie, which won the Eastern League Southern Division with an 84-58 record last season.
Now the 25-year-old Reimold is listed on Baltimore's 40-man roster and will be making his first trip to big league spring training when the team meets in mid-February at the club's spring home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

"Overall, I had a pretty good year. I put up some decent numbers and put myself in good position for this year," Reimold said. "I'm really excited to get the experience and play in front of the big league staff (at spring training) ... I'm really looking forward to it."
Reimold is entering the protection year of his contract, which means that the Orioles must place him on their 40-man roster or another team could sign him for next to nothing.
Reimold said he was not completely sure of the organization's plans for him, but he expects to begin the season at Class AAA Norfolk (Va.) of the International League.
"I feel I got enough at-bats under my belt at Double A that shows that I can produce at that level, and I'm ready for the next step up," said Reimold. "I don't really worry about where I'm going to start. I just do what I can do and hopefully it all works out in the end."
Reimold was drafted by Baltimore in the second round (61st overall) of the 2005 amateur draft.
He has been steadily moving up the Orioles' minor league system since being drafted. Overall in the minor leagues, Reimold has 70 home runs, 242 RBI and 244 runs scored with a .278 batting average in 390 total games since 2005.
"It's not picture-perfect. There's been a few setbacks with injuries, but other than that I'm having fun and doing what I want to do," Reimold said. "I keep making progress, so I'm happy."
Reimold ended his career at BG with the fourth-most home runs (34) and eighth-most RBI (136) in school history, finishing with a .366 career batting average in 139 games for the Falcons from 2003-05 before entering the draft after his junior season. Reimold earned first-team All-Mid-American Conference honors in 2004 and 2005.