Orioles Photo of the Day, 2008-01-24

that mr. powell

'cause my 'rents live here now and my niece's husband does the ball park/stadium catering for the area. I'd be looking at future O's and free hot dogs for life.

But oh no, Petey had to #$%& up this relationship too. What a total @##hole, y'know?

The iconic picture of Boog has "Baltimore" scripted across his chest. I've never seen this pic, and the "Red Wings" looks just a little odd.

I remember Boog always fighting the weight.  Seemed like every other year he'd show up in the spring heavy, have a lousy year, then get serious about getting into shape the following year, show up in great shape and have a great year.

Also remember him insisting he was John not Boog the  first year or so.  Of course, that was the year or two when they had those clunky arch-conservative uniforms with the block lettering, and I think just a "B" on the cap, so it all fit.

Anyway, he was a great player on great teams.  Sigh.   We'll always have the barbeque, though.

"1975, at which point he had probably gained 100 pounds since the snapping of the above shot."

And he's probably gained another hundred or so since then. I met him a couple years ago and goddamn is he big.

was by Boog Powell, signed at Boog's BBQ on one of the rare occasions I buy food at OPACY.