Saturday Bird Droppings

As the title of Ryan's postgame suggests, there's nothing more that I want to do than forget last night's game even happened. Unfortunately most of the news stories I found were about just that. Back in the dark days (AKA before 2012) I always hoped that the Orioles would just not be embarrassing. Well, they were that last night. Personally, I turned off the game after the triple play to check out the series premiere of Hannibal. Not bad! At any rate, last night was last night and there are 152 games to go. Let's hope they are all better than last night's loss.

School of Roch: Revisiting Jones' dropped ball in center field
Quotes about the ball Adam Jones didn't catch.

School of Roch: Postgame comments on the triple play, the walks and the loss
Buck says there is nothing baserunners can do to avoid a triple play. Maybe sometimes, but getting caught in two rundowns makes me think maybe that's not true. At least the Manny rundown.

Police chase lead on Vi Ripken kidnapping to dead end - baltimoresun.com
Poor Vi.

First baseman Chris Davis breaks down homers, Orioles success at Fan Cave | orioles.com: News
Darren O'Day and Chris Davis visited the Fan Cave, where O'Day said about Davis: "I think what you get in Chris is a guy who just wakes up in the morning and hits home runs. He's probably the most handsome devil I know. I mean, look at the guy."

Flashback Friday: Chris Davis matches Steady Eddie | Roar From 34
A look at when Eddie Murray won back-to-back player of the week honors in 1981.

Happy birthday to Steve Pearce! I hope you get a hit for your birthday. Also happy birthday to my dear older brother, Matthew.