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Saturday, May 18, 2013

SoE (Megdal): It’s Time to Finally Believe in the Orioles

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posted 4 days ago by Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' to baltimore, orioles | 26 comment(s)

Primer’s own Mr. Megdal takes a break from his contractually obligated ball-busting of the Wilpons to point out that Serious You Guys, the Orioles really are a pretty solid team now:

BALTIMORE—A pair of diametrically opposed views exists about the Baltimore Orioles, 2012’s winner of 93 games and a playoff spot, off to another strong start in 2013.

Outside the Baltimore area, skeptics abound. Sure, the Orioles won 93 games, but their Pythagorean record—a measure of expected wins and losses based ...

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1. boteman posted on January 19, 2013 at 12:19 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Word has it that Earl cussed Saint Peter a new one until he let him into Heaven.

2. natebracy posted on January 19, 2013 at 12:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Isn't this backstory kinda obvious?

3. Jim Furtado

posted on January 19, 2013 at 02:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

If I didn't link to the backstory, I guarantee someone would think this aired.

BTW, welcome to the Internet?

4. OCF posted on January 19, 2013 at 02:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

When I clicked the Baltimore Sun link, there was an ad below the story saying something like "Increase your tomato harvest."

5. AndrewJ posted on January 19, 2013 at 08:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

There was a popular series of CDs in the late 1990s titled CELEBRITIES AT THEIR WORST with infamous airchecks and uncensored celeb comments (Buddy Rich yelling at his band, Paul Anka yelling at his band). "Manager's Corner" was on there along with Lee Elia's rant and Lasorda's opinion of Dave Kingman's performance.

6. flournoy posted on January 19, 2013 at 09:58 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

"Manager's Corner" was on there along with Lee Elia's rant and Lasorda's opinion of Dave Kingman's performance.

These do not belong on that CD. These are examples of those fine men at their best.

7. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship

posted on January 19, 2013 at 10:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

If I didn't link to the backstory, I guarantee someone would think this aired.

Hell, Kehoskie would have cited it as a reason to impeach Obama.

8. donlock posted on January 21, 2013 at 01:16 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Those cheap SOBs at the Sun won't let you look at the link without hustling their fee based online version. Do other cities make their paid paper subscribers pay to see an online story?

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SoE (Megdal): It’s Time to Finally Believe in the Orioles

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