I know Huff had more of an offensive impact, but Wieters hit his first HR in a game he helped us win. That’s gotta be enough for MBP, for tonight.

It rained off and on the entire night, but it never poured and we never left our seats. We were six rows from the field on the 3B/LF side, pretty much even with Nolan Reimold.

There were a lot of Mets fans there, but none were too obnoxious.

Wieters home run just barely cleared the fence and for a brief moment I was afraid it would be another fan interference situation, but on the replay it was obvious the fan didn’t go over the fence.

When Mark Hendrickson was warming in the pen I wasn’t amused. I couldn’t quite tell who it was, but I knew he was left handed and obviously not Fat Breezy so I was immediately annoyed. It’s no good bringing in a lefty to face a lefty if that lefty sucks! I was saying to my friend, “This is it. They’re going to lose.” Thankfully I was wrong.

Nick Markakis finally looks like the Nicky of old. Yay for that!

By the way, the O’s are 7-0 in games I’ve been to this year. You’re welcome.

I am the only Koji vote. I didn’t get to see the game…my whole reason for the vote is him getting to 5 innings with only 2 earned runs. I mean…are we really surprised by a Wieters homerun? Its like sex with Kobe Byrant….its going to happen whether you want it to or not.

First HR in a career that will produce a ton is significant…
…4-4 for Nick…I’m goin’ to make a a statistic like everyone else does…Nick is 89.5839% back to his true form, one more good game tomorrow and he’ll be back.

Lookin’ back Aubrey had the most significant hit (A GW 2-run HR against a guy that had lefties hitting just over .100 against him (that K’d Nick and Huff yesterday))…Lets get this series Tomorrow to win our 3rd Inter-league series this year : )

To help everyone understand the definition of BIRDLAND, Melvin Mora letting a pop up drop on the infield to throw out the faster runner at 2nd was pretty BIRDLAND. Don’t see that often. So my write-in is Melvin. Besides me and his 34 kids no else will vote for him anyway.

I went to Bowie to get the Wieters Figurine, (Got Brandon Snyder’s auto and say Matusz warm up), then I went to OPaCY and saw us come back and win from row BBB sec 64 where my friend had a couple of seats…

and I almost got two foul balls

He gets honorable mention for craftiness alone, right? Letting Sheffield’s pop up drop in and throwing Church out at 2nd? SOMEBODYs gotta teach these kids craftiness in case they ever find themselves in a playoff situation.

And – bonus – and – he goes 2 for 4 with a rare (for the Orioles) 2 out RBI.

GIDP? OK sure doubt if you got to, but that’s just part of the Melmo thing, right?

C’mon people; it is not most valuable player but most BIRDLAND player. Wieters finally getting that dong, and those two hr…that’s goddamn Birdland, ok?

Yes, Nicky did good, and so did Huff’n’stuff. But I expected Wieters in a landslide. I am disappointed.

all because of the golden boy.

btw, did you see the black helicopters swoop down and “escort” the fan who caught the wieters HR ball to an undisclosed location?

But in retrospect I wish I voted Huff. The second he made contact with that ball I said to my roomate “Pissed on it. Game.” I immediately regretted saying game, because, well, I’ve been an O’s fan for a while and I know what’s up.

Nick going 4-4 w/ 2 R and a SB (which he gave himself the greenlight on) in a very smart situation was MBP for me. Mainly because I think the momentum from last night will jump start him back to the awesome Nick we’ve grown to know.

Props to Wieters on popping the HR cherry, but that wasn’t MBP enough to me. He’ll have plenty of games where he’s more deserving of MBP.

It is not about first homeruns and stuff. It is about impact on the game. Huffs tape measure HR was the turning point and winning runs. That is Birdland.

I was there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The bobble head started off as the main event, but now its just the cherry on top of this mixed metaphor sundae.

Palmer said it reached the flag court, and the writers have followed suit.

Zrebiec in The Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-sp.orioles18jun18,0,4131349.story

“The ball traveled 376 feet and landed on the flag court in right field to break the tie at 4. "

Spencer Fordin his MLB.com story: “This time, Huff went into his crucial at-bat with a plan and executed it perfectly, winding up with a home run onto the flag court beyond right field.”

Here’s the story, with video of the hit:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090617&content_id=5373448&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

It looks like Huff’s shot came up just short of Eutaw Street. Check out the fan scrum on the flag court side of the fence.

If Huff did in fact become a “Bronze Bomber” by reaching Eutaw Street, it would be his second time doing so this season. Not that I’m keeping track or anything.

MAYBE beating the Yankees on opening Day was better, just maybe. I usually go to games with my brother and one other person, we all scorekeep together, have a few brews. We win or lose, doesn’t matter. My brother and friend got to go to Wieters first game and the next game, which was his first hit. I only made it to his first hit.

Anyway, last night was the second time I brought my whole family there. It was really great. I drank a 24 oz on the way up and had two beers during the game. Doesn’t sound like much, but it is for me, and it was the most drunk I’ve got in Baltimore all year. I wasn’t fucked up or anything.

About an inning after Wieters home run, I turned to my mom and said “Wieters hit his first home run” in a calmed-down, after-sex voice. She said she’d never forget the look on my face or something like that.

Wieters was Birdland.

I just want to add that I am in love with the picture for this post. That’s our future, folks, and the future looks FANTASTIC!

The last i looked there were 94 Adam Jones Bobbleheads in auctions on Ebay. All have bids. I would guess those bidders are kids trying to buy them because they were ineligible to get one at the game. Also……..Not related but can anyone tell me why the O’s marketing geniuses would pick a popular team like the NY Mets to have Jones Bobblehead given out?. We are looking at a 20K plus crowd on a Wed night without the Bobblehead and Dwight Gooden signing autographs. It would make better since to have the giveaway on a Tuesday night with the Mariners in town. That would turn a 12K crowd into a 30K crowd. You think?