Friday Bird Droppings

Sort of an eventful offday yesterday with playoff ticket fever sweeping virtual Birdland. Around the league, the Yankees and A's won again, the Pirates fell below .500 and the Nats clinched a playoff berth, bringing the postseason to Washington for the first time since 1933. O's begin a weekend series against the Red Sox at Fenway tonight with the lovely and talented Miguel Gonzalez on the hill.

School of Roch: A few international signings Roch is going after Melewski's turf...fight!

Miguel Gonzalez's improbable rise mirrors Orioles' | orioles.com
Detailed description of just how Fred Ferreira found Miguel Gonzalez. -duck

Rally with the Orioles This is great...the promotion team seems to be waking from its decade plus slumber.

Camden Depot: Orioles Clutch This is truly the clutchiest bunch of clutches that ever clutched.

2012 MLB: Baltimore Orioles' Clutch Bullpen Helps Propel Team Toward Playoffs - The Daily Fix - WSJ Even the Wall Street Journal said so! And a Dropping doubleshot...

Camden Depot: Camden Depot is Running the Race for Hope
Friend of Camden Chat Jon Shepherd is running in the Race for Hope this November. Check out the info here and if you feel so inclined, feel free to donate.

Gary Arnold: Cubs Fan Jumps on Oriole Bandwagon Plenty of room on our black and orange, magic-fueled Birdwagon.

On this day in 1984, Jim Traber made his MLB debut with the Birds and sang the national anthem before the game.

It's the birthday of Zach Philips and farmhand Greg Burke.