Mo Gaba

Mossila Kingsley Gaba (January 26, 2006 – July 28, 2020) was an American superfan of the Baltimore Orioles and Ravens and a sports radio personality. In 2019, he became the first person to announce an NFL draft pick written in braille. Gaba was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in July 2020. Gaba had battled four diagnoses of cancer.

Life Mossila Kingsley Gaba was born January 26, 2006, in Baltimore, Maryland, After two diagnoses of retinoblastoma, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma at the age of 6. Gaba had to leave on-site classes at George Cromwell Elementary and attend virtual school from the hospital after his bone cancer diagnosis. In 2019, Gaba became the first person to announce an NFL draft pick written in Braille.

Despite aggressive chemotherapy, radiation, operations, and a bone marrow transplant, Gaba's cancer metastasized to his neck, legs, brain, and lungs. His Braille draft card is also on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Since 2020, the letters "MO" of Baltimore Ravens in the M&T Bank Stadium endzone are painted either gold or white in his honor, while Section 146 during the 2020 season (played with reduced attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic) was dedicated as "Mo's Rows" and filled with cardboard cutouts of Gaba and his mother.

On the second anniversary of Gaba's death, the Orioles celebrated the inaugural "Mo Gaba Day" on July 28, 2022, against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Orioles defeated the Rays 3-0, with an inside-the-park homer by Trey Mancini. Mancini and Gaba built a special bond when Mancini was diagnosed with colon cancer in March 2020. Mancini's inside-the-park homer ended up being his final at-bat for the Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, as he was traded to the Houston Astros the following week before the Orioles would have their next home game.