Sometimes, Monday rolls around after a long and fulfilling holiday weekend and you wonder how you'll ever get back into the grind. It...

I'm a traditional kind of guy, in that I absolutely refuse to start celebrating (or even recognizing) the Christmas season until I see S...

If you actually remember Billy Owens - or the Albany Polecats - you deserve a hearty pat on the back. Owens was a first baseman, drafted in ...

As you're looking at this nearly fifty-year-old card, the first thing that jumps out at you is likely the ornate trophy icon that stretc...

This year, I'm thankful for: -Fantastic trading partners like the mother-daughter team that sent me the nifty autographed card featured...

Today I became reacquainted with one of the finest rites of the Hot Stove Season: bidding a fond farewell to the flotsam and jetsam of the r...

I cannot believe that Ben McDonald is celebrating his 42nd birthday. I remember this tall, lanky Cajun as the "can't-miss" pr...

After much debate, I would like to award the 1984 Orioles MVHH (Most Valuable Hair Helmet) to Scott McGregor . Actually, there was stiff com...

In his day, Cal Ripken, Sr. was known to be a pretty serious soccer player. There's a strong tradition of soccer in the Baltimore area, ...

Reasons the Internet is wonderful, part 731: The Sports Illustrated Vault. Yesterday, Stacey at Camden Chat linked to this glorious article...

As of midnight this morning, the Major League Baseball free agent signing period has begun. The Orioles have a lot more money available than...

If there's any better time to get a package in the mail than on a rainy, miserable Thursday night, I can't imagine it. Tonight I got...

Seriously? This was one of the most memorable highlights from the first year of interleague play? Even if that's true, couldn't the...

Time is getting away from me. Just the other day, I tracked down a girl on Facebook that was a good friend of mine in high school. We were c...

Should you ever doubt that I have enough material to keep this blog going for several more years, consider this: I've been at it for nea...

I'm sure the photographer was going for a typical "catcher pounding the glove" pose here, but instead it looks like Paul Bako ...

The next time you find yourself wondering exactly how the Orioles fell into a pit deep enough to result in a dozen consecutive losing season...

If this card seems uncommonly spooky, keep in mind that today is Friday the 13th. I don't know about you, but that mutant colony of chaw...

Rumor has it that Jim Palmer was an unbelievably, absurdly good pitcher. You'd probably accept that statement at face value, but why no...

Davey Johnson , Hall of Famer? If you ask me, it seems like a long shot, but he is on the ballot. Next month, the re-re-re-revamped Veterans...