Remember The Alomar

There is a direct lineage between the late 19th century NL Orioles and the AL Orioles of 01-02.

The original Orioles became the New York Highlanders which, in turn, became the New York Yankees.

My fondest Markakis memory was back in 2008. I was an intern at the Baltimore Sun and shadowed Peter Shmuck to a game. Got to sit in the dugout before the game, chatted with Adam Jones, and even briefly met Mike Mussina. Great experience. During the game itself, I was in the press box. Nick threw out Bobby Abreu at home at one point. Obviously, being with the Sun, I knew I couldn't cheer, but I instinctively fist pumped underneath the table and jammed my index finger on the table's underside. Still vividly remember that. I think Nick also went 4-4 or something like that with a couple doubles. It was a hard game to watch silently.

You guys are much better at this than I, but very proud of my subpar (by your standards) yet first immaculate grid.

I love it when maligned guys come through.

He just took a DNA test and it turns out he'd 100 percent ground out to first.

Very good at throwing baseballs.

A cromulent AB.

No matter what happens, Abraham Toro is a great name.

Is giving up a leadoff double in a one-run game bad?

I say this as a compliment, but if I got as stressed about the Birds as you did on a night-to-night basis, I would have sworn them off years ago.

Seeing Mark Kotsay in 2024 makes me feel ancient.

Maybe I've just missed it, but that wind graphic was really cool.

I can take being made fun of for perhaps being too passionate about manipulated media—especially since nothing will top the mockery I received for saying the Orioles ruined Chris Waters career for letting him throw 104 pitches in his debut. Thankfully, I think that one was lost to time.

I thought it was funny, honestly. The best part of this place is when some random guy you've been posting with since you were 18 yells at you.

Exactly. He was a very good photog.

Yeah I'm just coming from a place of working at myriad publications--both hard news and not--where publishing edited content without a disclaimer would get you fired.

If this is true, that is wild malpractice. Not that the MLB.com is a journalistic institution, but folks read/watch their production as the record of what actually happened in any given baseball game.

So you're saying he's a TORah guy?

Yes, but remember when you dared to have the temerity to say that a $1.4 million AAA DH with horrific career numbles was perhaps a questionable signing?

lol yes agreed. I feel like every six years there is a desire to reinvent big breaking sliders into a new pitch. I always wonder how often announcers just call pitches off whatever Gameday equivalent they have in the booth

Gameday has it as a sweeper, but I'd be curious how he describes it. Very nasty either way.

Ump has a reservation at the Prime Rib.

The six-seven-eight of Cowser-Westburg-Holliday just shows that good things come to those who wait. The kid will be fine.

Totally--and like I said, defer to those actually watching. Just trying to understand the "hope he's not hurt" stuff. Just seems like a guy with electric stuff not having a truly dominant start.