My bird in a tree at OPACY (the same one who furnished me the breaking uniform news yesterday…thanks again for that) tells me the Orioles will NOT pursue free agent pitcher Derek Lowe this off-season. The reason? You sittin’ down? “Andy (MacPhail) thinks he’s too old.  He doesn’t want guys who can only help us win for a ... Read More »

John Harbaugh is in pretty good position right now. That is, as long as some combination of Walker, Ivy, Washington and Rolle fills in well for Chris McAlister. McAlister is *apparently* on the verge of being moved to the team’s injured reserve list.  Such a move would end his 2008 season. And, likely, his Ravens career. If it works ... Read More »

The O’s will debut new uniforms and a new hat on November 12 and lo and behold, the team finally looks like they’re going to get it right.  The team’s new home jersey will be “modernized” somewhat and the jersey will now sport a patch of the Maryland flag on the shoulder.  Of course, the BIG news ... Read More »

Another win in the books for the Ravens - and a tough task to compile the Tuesday  Top 7 because so many players made a contribution.  Two players who did make a contribution, though, are NOT on the list, mainly because their accomplishments were small…meaningful, but small:  Jameel McClain and Troy Smith both showed good ... Read More »

I know it’s probably too late to throw his name in the hat for November 4, but what the heck: Ian Eagle for President. Yep, that’s right.  Ian Eagle of CBS Sports for President. During the latter stages of yesterday’s 29-10 Ravens’ win, the “blimp cam” settled in on a shot of vacant Oriole Park at Camden Yards.  ... Read More »

That performance today by the Oakland Raiders will go down as one of the worst I’ve ever seen. It was so out of hand in the 3rd quarter the Ravens even threw the ball to Joe Flacco. Anything to keep themselves awake, I suppose. They showed Al Davis several times on TV during the second half, sitting in ... Read More »

Three topics for a rainy Saturday, none of which are remotely connected to the other.  Bounties — Do they exist?  It reminds me of the scene from “A Few Good Men” when they were trying to determine if “code reds” still existed at Guantanamo Bay.  Sure, code reds existed, but no one would admit to them.  ... Read More »

Boy, talk about a slap in the face. A guy being written a free check from the O’s doesn’t even want it. Adam Loewen, trying to come back as a 1st baseman after calling it quits as a pitcher due to elbow injuries, told the O’s today he’s going to give it a whirl with his favorite ... Read More »

There’s a great scene from “White Men Can’t Jump” in which the character played by Wesley Snipes is trash-talking after a playground basketball game and one of the guys who just beat him says, “you’re talking a whole lotta yang for somebody that just got busted!” Kind of reminds me of this week in the world ... Read More »

To pre-commemorate the Ravens 24-3 win over the Raiders this coming Sunday, I’m here with a Wednesday edition of “24 Questions”. You should know the drill by now, but we haven’t done this in a couple of weeks, so here’s a refresher course:  You ask a question, I answer it. You can ask me about anything in ... Read More »