I think winning two out of three in New York at the beginning of September to pull within two games of the first place Yankees made the city take notice.  Two days later, the Baltimore Orioles are in a tie for first place.  For most of this quizzical 2012 Orioles season, a lot fans in [...]

With yesterday being the 26th anniversary of the passing of Len Bias, there was a lot of social media chatter amongst us middle-aged Terps fans. Much of it centered on the memories we all were all robbed of when Bias ingested a lethal amount of cocaine in a campus dorm in the early morning hours of June 19th, [...]

May is getting long in the tooth already.  It’s Preakness weekend.  The NCAA Lacrosse Final Four is next weekend.  And the O’s and Nationals will battle this weekend with two of the best records in all of baseball.  Wait….wha….???? The Orioles started off hot this season sweeping Minnesota.  After April, folks around town started the [...]

Last year, I made mention in this space about the Orioles base coaches wearing the old cartoon bird helmets during spring training.  I wondered if it was a precursor to the old bird making a comeback.  You know, the one that adorned the hat when they played in six World Series (winning three) from 1966-1983.  [...]

Go back to August and think about the state of the NFL.  The Eagles were building the dream team.  The Jets were ready to take the next step past the AFC title game.  The Packers would be the favorites in the NFC.  Teams with new coaches, like the 49ers, would be hamstrung by the lockout.  Remember [...]