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OK, so it wasn't a homer. But Adam Jones' game-winning single off of Boob Logan in the bottom of the 10th inning will suffice. The O's are back in Birdland, if only for now.

Chicago went up 2-0, and the O's tied it at two in the bottom of the sixth. Leading off the seventh against Jeremy Guthrie, Carlos Quentin homered. Then Joe Crede homered. Goodnight, Guts, 4-2 Sox.

Quentin homered again in the eighth, making it 5-2 Chicago, but the Birds got one back in the bottom of the inning, then wailed on Big Fat Bobby Jenks in the ninth to tie it up.

Dave Trembley was faced with a dilemma. Payton had pinch-hit for Luis Luis, so Fahey was in. Then he decided to send Ramon up for Fahey in the ninth, which meant we were out of reserves and we had no shortstop.

Here's what I would've done: Mora at SS, Millar at 3B, Ramon at 1B.

Here's what Dave did: Huff at 3B (sacrificing the DH), Mora at SS.

The first way would've been more fun, but oh well. Despite Huff's best efforts to single-handedly lose this game (0-for-5 with three strikeouts), young Adam Jones singled home Kevin Millar in the tenth for the win. Booya! Game over.

George Sherrill got the win, and we're now 9-7.

HEY, YANKEES!

YOOOOOOOOU!

This may very well be the last day of the season where the Orioles are over .500. The Yankees come to town tomorrow, so drink it in, ladies and gentlemen.

Game time is 7:05 on MASN2.

Man, it's the same bullshit they tried to pull in my day. If it ain't that piece of paper, there's some other choice they're gonna try and make for you. You gotta do what Gavin "Pink" Floyd wants to do, man. Let me tell you this, the older you do get, the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin', man. L-I-V-I-N.

GUTS!

Floyd has always been an interesting guy. He's 25 now and has never lived up to what his potential was supposed to be. Even with his really great numbers so far this season, those are inflated by that near-no-no he had in his last start. That BAA will go up substantially, and then the 1-to-1 K-to-BB ratio is going to have to change. Gavin is also from Annapolis, so it'd be nice to welcome him back to his neck of the woods with a severe beatdown. It's his first-ever appearance at Camden Yards. He has said he was an O's fan growing up.

Guthrie's numbers so far this season might be close to what the real Jeremy Guthrie is going to do for the prime of his career, and that's definitely quite valuable. Assuming he throws 190ish innings on the average, that's worth $10 million a year.

I'm going to see if I can unearth an "AM radio" that isn't attached to a car and try to catch this one on "the radio," which I've heard is something people occasionally do, and used to be quite popular! I tried listening to a Chicago Bulls game last night on the radio, but I couldn't see anything.