Category: Sports

I love mascot races

Relish finally wins a Hot Dog Race at the Orioles game

Relish had lost all of his races against Mustard and Ketchup this year. The races are animated videos shown on the scoreboard.

Before the big win:

How did the Orioles lose?

The Orioles lost to the Blue Jays 10-7 last night. It was probably their worst loss of the year. They led 7-3 late in the game but the bullpen gave up six runs in the 9th inning. The Orioles’ first six hits were home runs. This is only the second time in MLB since expansion this had ever happened. The Orioles bullpen is getting worn out because the starting pitching is so bad (though it was good yesterday).

If you think this is bad, I remember a game where the Orioles hit two grand slams and lost:

Two Grand Slams in an Inning – Almost Always A Win – Baseball Roundtable

The box score

More tweets with Satchel Paige pictures

Clancy Haskett has been serving drinks to Baltimore fans for 47 years

Every local sports fans knows who Clancy is and has probably been served by him. He’s great!

On Orioles’ would-be Opening Day, vendor ‘Fancy Clancy’ Haskett waiting for return to normalcy

Catching up with Orioles beer vendor ‘Fancy Clancy’ Haskett

The ‘Larger Than Life’ Legend Of The Ballpark Beer Guy

https://twitter.com/moneyline_cover/status/1685800795172741120?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

Only six home runs hit to the second deck in left field in Camden Yards

Maikel Franco became the sixth player to hit a home run to the second deck in left field in the Orioles stadium which opened in 1992. Franco’s monster shot was hit on Tuesday.

The others were hit by Manny Machado (shown below) , Mark Reynolds, Edwin Encarnacion, Rex Hudler, and Pete Alonso

Juan Gonzalez hit one to the third deck in the 1993 Home Run Derby. I was there and it was amazing.

Phantom World Series tickets

Phantom World Series tickets are tickets that are printed in advance for teams that could make the World Series but ultimately don’t. I have two sets of postseason tickets I bought on eBay.

In 1980, the Orioles won 100 games but finished three games behind the Yankees in the AL East. The Orioles started 28-30 and then went 72-32.

In 1982, the Orioles finished one game behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the AL East when they lost on the last day of the season. The Orioles still went 94-68 and won the World Series in 1983.

My favorite experience at minor league baseball

I saw a Class A game played by the Salinas Spurs who hosted the Bakersfield Dodgers. It was on a cold Tuesday night and the attendance was under 600. The Spurs were an independent team at that point. The Bakersfield Dodgers pitcher walked a batter on four pitches, then threw three balls to the next guy. The pitching coach came out to talk with him.

The PA system played the Final Jeopardy theme music and someone shouted out “What is a strike? The pitcher clearly didn’t know. I’m sure he heard it since there were so few people there and little crowd noise.