Happy Winter Meetings! Yes, it's time for MLB's annual orgy of free agent signings and blockbuster trades...though it usually tends to be something less than that, it will be interesting to see how Duquette marks his return to the bigs.

The calm before the storm " Britt's Bird Watch Another preview from Britt.

Winter Meetings plans for 10 teams
Heyman's take.

School of Roch: Dan Duquette: "We're putting the band back together"
Roch on Duquette and the "nused" front office hires. Not exactly radical, young go-getters, but interesting nonetheless.

Steve Melewski: O's add international scouts; Venezuelan academy could be coming
Interesting how? How would you feel about an O's academy in Venezuela. I think we'd all be on board, yeah?

Camden Depot: Orioles' Payroll Flexibility Jon Shepherd on the O's money crunch.

Happy birthday to a couple early 80s O's: Bill Swaggerty and Gary Roenicke. Do you think Earl just bought one cake for the both of them?