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mojmann

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  • Birthday 09/09/1967

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    fly fishing, reading
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    Afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted
  • Favorite Current Oriole
    Cedrick Mullins
  • Favorite All Time Oriole
    Brooks Robinson

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  1. I can't believe no one has brought up the famous Earl Weaver- Pat Kelly story: Weaver, of course, was the irresistible challenge. As Kelly recalls it, he did not attempt to bring the Word to the heavy smoking and swearing manager until 1979. Kelly played in 68 games that year and hit .288, his best batting average as an Oriole. He struck out with Weaver but added to baseball literature by approaching the manager in the clubhouse one day with the Good News: "I said, 'Earl, it's great to walk with the Lord, it's great to walk with Jesus.' " Weaver looked at Kelly, a man called by high authority, and revealed that he had other priorities: "Pat," said Weaver, "I'd rather have you walk with the bases loaded." https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-kellyfeature03-story.html
  2. It will be interesting to see what happens around the stadium as part of the 30-year deal. Truthfully, everything has shifted east. Most of the investment now is in Harbor East and Harbor Point. My wife recently hosted a convention in Harbor East and the people attending were blow away -- "this isn't what we expected in Baltimore. It's beautiful!" The challenge for the city is to attract that same kind of investment to the Arena/Lexington Market/Stadium areas. That's a big challenge. A winning team and more crowds should help that effort.
  3. Third best per-game improvement in MLB. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2023-misc.shtml
  4. It was definitely a different time. If you look at '73 attendance, seven teams (including the Orioles) were under 1 million. And only two -- the Dodgers and Reds (just barely) -- were over 2 million. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1973-misc.shtml
  5. This is great. This is the kind of corporate support that I think has been somewhat AWOL for a long time. It bodes well for the future.
  6. The park opened super early today. I’m an Oriole Advocate — and we were at our gates at 10:45.
  7. The comments section on this story are a hoot. In all of this 'they're moving' speculation, few people understand how baseball would do just about everything in its power to keep the Orioles from leaving. It's not just because of sentimentality or Camden Yards worship, it's because there is a $600 MILLION POT OF MONEY on the table. MLB owners want that kind of deal everywhere -- and they've got it, already in law, in Maryland.
  8. Just one man's opinion, but I think that's overblown .... magically, I guess, the perception of horrible stadium-area crime stops on those days when those huge crowds come in for Paul McCartney and the Ravens.
  9. No, that was the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, which empties into Lake Erie.
  10. Yes, that is disturbing. My son plays in collegiate summer ball -- and every game has two announcers. Certainly, a professional team should have someone calling play-by-play at least.
  11. I think they just close off the left field upper deck. My partial plan -- which includes many weeknights -- is section 340, and I haven't received any notice that I'll be moved.
  12. The Yankees were doing this already a couple years ago. Scanning the cell phone was the only way to get into the Stadium.
  13. It's permanent. The emotions about it are to be expected ... and that's OK. But as a longtime business reporter and editor, I have to say the business model makes perfect sense. Every MLB team now has the same amount of affiliates and players -- who are getting higher pay than before. Cities that lost franchises are now have the opportunity to be in the MLB Draft League (Frederick), partner leagues (Atlantic, Pioneer and more) or collegiate summer leagues (Appy). From a business point of view, it should have been done a long time ago. Change hurts, and I understand that. It had to happen, though.
  14. Good points, but Baltimore Metro punches above its weight in per-capita income. It's 13th. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_metropolitan_areas_by_per_capita_income
  15. This is a key point. Metro area means everything. If you look at the latest metropolitan data, the Baltimore metro has about 2.8 million people; Nashville has about 1.9 million. Nashville metro is growing faster (17.5% since 2010) than Baltimore metro (3.3% since 2010), but it's going to take a long time to catch up. (For what it's worth, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh metros actually lost population since 2010, -1.39% and -1.64% respectively.) What's more, Baltimore is hardly the smallest market in MLB: St. Louis 2.8M Baltimore 2.8M Pittsburgh 2.3M Cincinnati 2.2M Kansas City 2.2M Cleveland 2.1M Milwaukee 1.6M Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_statistical_areas In addition, we have 16.1 million people within a 100-mile radius of Camden Yards. That's a marketer's dream. Source: https://www.statsamerica.org/radius/big.aspx
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