http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-orioles107,0,425492.story

Warehouse vs Roberts:

Orioles have offered a multi-year deal worth about $10 million per season, but the sides are still significantly apart in terms of both years and money.

The article goes on to quote Andy asserting that he has had no trade talks regarding Roberts in over a month and that he is focused on the free agent market, trying to feel needs without giving up the team's existing talent assets.

Warehouse vs Markakis:

Both sides would like to get a multi-year deal secured this year. An industry source confirmed that the Orioles offered Markakis a six-year, $60 million deal earlier this winter and, at the time, the sides were believed to be about $10 million apart.

Nick's agent says discussions were tabled in December to see how the market trend evolved.

Warehouse vs My Heart

At this time, the club does not appear interested in re-signing veteran Kevin Millar...

Instead they are pursuing such exciting targets as Rocco Baldelli, Ty Wiggington and Camden Chat Fan Favorite, Richie Sexton.

Orioles Warehouse Magic, feel it happen.

itunes has a half dozen or so Orioles games from 2008 available for purchase and download. Unlike last year's selections, we only lose to the Yankees in 25% of the available games, which is nice. For the rest of the games posted, Os' fans can relive our walkoff-filled glory days from April, May and June.

At the moment, for a buck ninety nine, I'm revisiting an April game against our favorite whipping boys, The Seattle Mariners. Good times!

I don't remember how to make gamethreads. But this is the first game I've seen in months, so I'm taking a crack at it. It's already 1-0 O's in the first.

Go O's!

Happy Memorial Day, y'all. Go O's.

I'll be in NYC for business next week (possibly the first and only perk I've ever gotten in this job). Our friend, zknower and I were thinking we'd watch the O's vs. Jays game over a few beers at a local drinking establishment Monday night, the 14th.

So, do you live in the New York area? Do you dig the Orioles? Do you at least like beer? If you answered yes to any of those questions, this is the event for you!

I'm trying to bust out of my current job, into a new career. Problem is the way into the career involves starting off with a job that involves me having to pay for my  own health insurance and facing unemployment in the fall. Most importantly, it means sacrificing an entire summer to lunatic hours. No trips home to B-More, no weekends at the lake in Maine, no baseball live and in person. I love summer, and I don't take the sacrifice lightly. I worked 80 hrs a week on a campaign cwithout thinking twice over the winter, but man - baseball and all that summer business is important to me. Seriously.

Then of course those practical, economic concerns. MA has a health insurance mandate, so I've got to shell out $250/month for some minimal ghetto insurance on a slim salary and face unemployment in a shitty economy when the campaign is over.

The job, in case you're wondering, is running a state Senate campaign here in MA. As some of you may have noticed, I've got the politics bug.

Thoughts? Advice? Ridicule?

Seems like it's been a while since we've had one of those off-topic, off-season "What are you listening to/reading/watching?" threads - and, as has been pointed out before, we've got some new folks on hand.
For me -
Just picked up No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Finished Obama's Dreams from my Father a while back.

Been listening to a lot of Dire Straits, The Roots, De La Soul, Neil Young and the new Radiohead album lately, along with some German Post-Romantic stuff - Wagner and Schoenberg.

The only things on TV I make a point of trying to watch are Olbermann, Jon Stewart and Colbert.

You?