Wednesday Bird Droppings

Picking up ground on Tampa Bay, Chicago, and Detroit. Too bad the Blue Jays and Indians could do the Birds a solid and take care of their business against the Yankees and Oakland respectively. Oh well. As Pedro Cerrano said, "*#@# you, Jobo. I do it myself." This weekend is shaping up to be a pivotal one. Exciting baseball! In September! Wha?

Chicago White Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles - Recap - August 28, 2012 - ESPN
Chris Tillman's momma done told him to pitch a one-hitter

Orioles starting to look like team of destiny - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN
Schoenfield jumps on the bandwagon. And the Worldwide Leader is being forced to start taking heed o' dem Birds, hon.

Tillman cuts Sox, Orioles need no magic - Stats & Info Blog - ESPN
The always great Stats & Info blog further parses young Jedi Tillman's performance.

School of Roch: News and notes on Wolf, Thome, Patton, Hammel, the rotation (updated)
Roch with the skinny on our ranks of walking wounded.

Steve Melewski: Joe Saunders on growing up an O's fan and now getting ready for his O's debut
Heeeey, Joe waxes nostalgic about growing up a Birds fan.

Orioles Throw Spaghetti, End Up With Randy Wolf | FanGraphs Baseball
Dave Cameron foresees doooooooooooooooom for the newly signed Mr. Wolf.

Dylan Bundy has another strong outing in third start for Bowie - baltimoresun.com
Breaking News: He's good.

Happy Birthday wishes go out to Doug DeCinces! Eddie Murray had himself a day 33 years ago. He drove in 7 runs in the 2nd game of a double header while hitting 3 consecutive HRs. On this day in 1996 the O's and Phillies swung a deal for Todd Zeile and Pete Incaviglia. The O's shipped Calvin Maduro and Garrett Stephenson back to Philly. In 1999, fearsome Albert Belle knocks 4 2Bs vs. the Tigers in the O's last game at the old Tiger Stadium.