This is the one site where you can read, post, comment, and enjoy our Birds without being judged by those that believe they are better than you. Here you can acquire knowledge, get a laugh, share our community despair and desperation after 11 years of extreme suckitude.
Here we can be the O’s fans we all, for whatever reason, care to be.
Here is where hope lies like the vestal virgin every spring, waiting for our chance to be taken by the almighty winning season that always seems to be out of reach.
Here’s to the last four years, and to a place that, like my local WAWA, I venture to every day to start my day and get my jolt of morning O’s news and fun.
Let’s all stay positive this year, and keep the hope alive that as we turn 5 next March we will be talking about our chances for the playoffs, and that ZAUN is no longer needed in the orange and black.

I’m glad to have been a part since pretty much the beginning. Thank you all!!!

Reading some comments from the Brian Roberts haiku threads is just painful. The “Don’t worry – it’s just a losing streak” comments from late June 2005 make me sad :(

Does Camden Chat get a free ticket this year? I’m happy to have been a part of CC for the past 2 years (basically since SI told me to do it). One of these years there are actually going to be happy, non suicidal people on here, and I hope to be one of them.

I grew up a diehard Orioles fan, and baseball was my life as a kid. However, as is destined for all men of my family, my focus and concentration eventually turned to lacrosse, causing the Orioles and baseball to be put on the back burner of my life. Throughout high school and college I remained a fan, and attended a couple games a year, including Cal’s last, but my sports passion was elsewhere. Sometime after graduating, with my competitive lacrosse years behind me, I realized my interest in Orioles baseball was growing once again. I actually started watching games on television again (I never missed an inning as a kid), and found myself once again legitimately commited as a fan. After poking around the interwebs for a bit in a quest to find a nice and enjoyable Orioles informational resource, I came across this site. It is now among the three or four sites I visit many times everyday (Not Orioles sites, but all websites in general. I am also a huge ‘Skins fan, and the SB Nation blog for them is so bad that it makes me appreciate the mods and posters at this site that much more) . SInce I began coming here, I am about 100 x more knowlegable about the O’s than I ever have been, and my dad actually asks me questions about the team now. In addition to that, this site has actually dramatically increased my fandom. I attribute that to the knowlegable posters along with the proportionately accurate auras of realism and optimism that exist among the posters and commenters. I am really looking forward to this team in the upcoming years. Thanks for a great blog.

special bonus, the Wieters play at the plate made the sportcenter top 10 plays.
of course you get to see Pie muff the catch in the first place, but it’s all good.

And Happy Birthday. My brother turned me on to this site and it quickly became part of the bookmarked routine. Eventually got the gall to join and post. I’ll second some of the sentiments of VB O’s Guy (Skins fan here, too) in that the site brings the knowledge and knowing that there are so many cool O’s fans out there it has also rejuvenated my fanhood. I can’t wait to enjoy the turnaround with you folks. God, I love the Orioles.

and to a bunch more. Maybe even another playoff game in my lifetime! Wow, Orioles playoff CC threads. The mind boggles….

Thank you for giving me a place to unleash my impressive strings of curse words during games!

Happy bday to you. I know the site is a lot of work, and I’ve enjoyed being a poster here since I stumbled some time ago.

here is to 4 more years. maybe some winning baseball too, but I don’t want to get ahead of myself!

The greatest series of games in site history (sadly): Game One, Game Two, Game Three.

That is genuinely pathetic.

Anyway, great job SC and everyone else on the site.

and it ended when I moved to Boston as we then tanked

I discovered Camden Chat during the good times of 2005 when everyone was all excited about the Orioles and shit. You might be interested to know that I found it by typing “Baltimore Orioles Blog” into Google and Camden Chat was the first hit. I lurked for a long long time before even signing up for a user name and even then I only used that to track unread comments. I’m glad I finally came out of the woodwork cause y’all aren’t half bad.

Happy birthday CC, too bad you’re too young for booze and strip clubs. But someday damn it, someday….

and no, not CC Sabathia… screw him.

As I am typing this, Melvin Mora is up for Venezuela. HE is wearing orange batting gloves :-) Hope he gets a matchup against Guthrie tonight!! U.S. down 1-0 off a gopher ball given up by Ted Lilly to Henry Blanco

I was looking at some the archives today, don’t really know why, and found this beauty about the Jeremy Guthrie pickup: http://www.camdenchat.com/2007/1/31/6047/86924

My favorite comment is from SC:

This Jeremy Guthrie is going to block The Todd! Oh, I’m fuming now.

Thanks for making this THE internet destination for complaining about the O’s and discussing tangentially related topics.

I can’t believe it’s been 4 years…with this team, it seems like decades.

Happy Birthday Camdenchat, and go O’s.

Even when I disagree (frequently) with one or more of you fine folks, its always in good fun. Great info and great minds o’plenty here at the Chat…also good for the occasional one liner too! There are some genuinely funny people on here!

we’re better than OH

I…I…I really didn’t prepare anything for this…I never really thought I’d win…no, it’s true….oh, I’m so flustered…please, I’m sorry if I’ve left anyone out…I….I…oh, my little dog Sparky! I couldn’t have done it without him!

Y’know, I actually remember when I was 4 years old. Seriously. And the next year I went to the World Series. Take that to the bank.

It’s really great to have CC when you’re drunk and 10,000 miles from home. Actually, the miles aren’t the important thing there. Anyway, I’ve amused myself for hours here and learned a bunch of stuff in the bargain. If people said that about my column, I’d be darn pleased. CC and Co. certainly should be.

Nothing better than trading insults and jokes, while plastered and the O’s just…doing terrible. I honestly would have smashed a bottle over my head during the historic Texas Double header if it wasn’t for this site. And most importantly, I look forward to this season and others, whether the O’s tank or they continue to improve under Andy.

was the only thing standing between me, a loaded gun, and trying to get to Sammy’s office.

Not to actually kill anyone mind, just to point it at him till he stopped doing stupid things.

Anyway, happy birthday. Really do enjoy this place.