NashLumber

I think I read in "Ballpark", the book about the making of OPACY, that color was chosen due to the color of the seats in one of the old Orioles (or Terrapin) Park. Personally, I love the choices and it's one of my favorite shades of green.

That is correct. I was sitting in center field bleachers and remember it like it was last night. Even before Cal announced he was retiring, I went ahead the day the individual tix went on sale that January or whatever and bought a Yankee Stadium ticket as it would have been his last ever game. And I planned a whole mini-tour of AL East parks to see his last game in those parks. So I had his last game ticket for NY, Boston and Baltimore bought in January, plus trips to Philly, Pittsburgh, the Martin Guitar Factory in Nazareth, and a Ray Davies Storytellers show in Falls Church VA. The downside was that 9-11 occurred and all games were postponed and eventually rescheduled about two weeks later. The whole trip was pushed back. But the Yankee Stadium game, which was supposed to be his last, ended up being not the last game. That game was called after 15 innings due to rain. Cal went 0-8, I think. So I ended up paying $200 for his actual last game, which was the one at Camden Yards. Still a thrill, but ended in a disappointment.

This was the MLB story on it this afternoon. Some agreement with Jim. Same as it ever was: Bradish's '24 debut evokes '23 dominance

I didn't say bad, but he clearly was not like these guys, ie. all fun and lightness. "His teammates don't even know him. "You probably know him as well as I do," Jamie Burke said. How is that possible? Burke was Bedard's "personal" catcher for a while, and I assumed he knew him better than anyone in the clubhouse. Not so. Burke was his impersonal catcher -- he doesn't hang out with him away from the ballpark. "I know he goes out and pitches and we work together, but other than that, Erik's Erik," Burke said." Orioles pitching coach Leo Mazzone:

The camaraderie has come a long ways since the Bedard and Aubrey Huff days, though I don't put it past one of the goofballs to wear something exciting from Victoria's Secret under their pants just to keep guys loose.

A friend sent this to me yesterday. As if I don't already have enough baseball in my daily life, this one will get wedged in between current O's games for me.

Jeep Winning!

Bada-Bing!

Das boot!

I had that, too. I was assuming it was a "me" problem, not everyone else.

Umps need a psychological test to see if they are contrarians. We don't need them. Or maybe the Meyers-Briggs test. Imaginative people need not apply.

Chester is tuned in. He mentioned Gunnar is on pace for 60 HR as a SS. He tends to underestimate things, like when it's time for dinner.

Ditto. 2nd thought was "has he let himself go a bit?" Let's not discuss Billy Ripken or Harold Reynolds. The infield is too crowded already.

It's something a friend showed me today. It's April of 2011 in Durham. Bulls vs. Norfolk. It's an interactive panorama of sorts. The guy in the kilt and guitar is guitar great Will McFarlane, whom I assume is about to play the Star Spangled Banner. He was a longtime guitarist for Bonnie Raitt and he was in her band during the No Nukes film. https://bulls.fancam.com/20110414?s=main-scene&atv=-6.848&ath=-70.118&fov=9.348&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2KIP7mQbPahfI7P3N9eJBFllodfAOllf2Mx1tPSfxvWLylR5v8BkhhgYI_aem_ASa3IXlTgIk4t5BE4nzG99WYj5xIdHl3lL7Rq9XdNw5AchW4DSWaFts1jnNwkQIXGTpz1vGBtEsUy_cj88pLUdJY

@Roy Firestone, you don't have an addiction. It's a fever. And the only prescription is "more cowbell!" There used to be a woman at Ebbets Field with a cowbell, if memory serves. I wonder if that will catch on for Cowser? Maybe this kind of dancing in the dugout could be a supplement to the Hydration Station.