Friday Bird Droppings

A season of dizzying highs and terrifying lows continues...I humbly request a little more creamy middle.

Manny Machado has two hits in major league debut | HardballTalk Ya hear?.

Steve Melewski: Manny Machado talks about his first night in the big leagues Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I sort of appreciated the human interest angle presented in last night's broadcast.

Orioles Notes: Overbay, Lowe, Chavez: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com Waiver wire ephemera.

Camden Depot: Who Gets In? (8/9/2012) O's have shown improvement of late.

The "Why Not?" Team Can Take a Back Seat to the Fightin Showalters Heath pulls no punches.

Chien-Ming Wang, Best Taiwanese Player in MLB History | FanGraphs Baseball I once saw a sign that suggested otherwise.

On this day in 1971, the Orioles beat the Twins 4-3, despite allowing Harmon Killebrew's career home runs 500 and 501; in 1996, Eddie Murray hit his 18th career grand slam as part of an 8 run attack in a 13-4 victory over the White Sox; in 1999, Mike Bordick had a four hit night as the O's whupped the Devil Rays 17-1.

It's Sal Fasano's birthday.