Friday Bird Droppings

So we've made it to another weekend. It's floppy hat night, people! Get in there. Anyone going to Liverpool v. Spurs tomorrow?

School of Roch: Gauging outside interest in Arrieta Does anyone here still beIieve Jake Arrieta can still be useful to the O's going forward...not just as part of a trade?

Francisco Liriano Interests Orioles, Others - Baseball Nation I have a feeling that a Liriano deal is likely.

Nick Markakis at Home at the Top Heath takes a look at Nick's brief tenure batting leadoff.

Steve Melewski: Dylan Bundy: "Probably the best stuff I've had all year" More on the game later today, I believe; there was some discussion in one of yesterday's threads about the remainder of Dylan Bundy's 2012...what would you do?

Barry Bonds sports a new look with fancy bicycle, slimmed-down appearance | Big League Stew - Yahoo! Sports Uh...ridiculous.

On this day in 1969, the O's whipped the White Sox 17-0, a beating so bad that even Mark Belanger had four hits; in 1973, Jim Palmer took a no hitter into the 8th, but still beat the Tribe 9-0.

It's the birthday of Rich Dauer, Floyd Rayford, Gary Kendall and Ryan "Flash" Flaherty