Opening Day Bird Droppings

Are you ready for some Orioles baseball? The sun is shining, the Cubs have already lost a game...it just feels so right. Have you made the trip to Tampa? Are you watching at home or at your favorite watering hole? Watching on the down low at work (we won't rat you out...promise)? Let's chat.

First pitch at the Tampa Baseball Factory is scheduled for 3:10 pm.

School of Roch: Let the real games begin Roch previews Opening Day matchups.

Steve Melewski: Minor league notes on Kline's velocity and more (plus a take on Jimenez)
I don't recall Melewski having so much access to Brian Graham in previous seasons, but I approve.

Here's what's behind Orioles roster gyrations | Comcast SportsNet Baltimore See...trying to explain the inner workings of Dan Duquette's mind is a fool's errand, but Rich Dubroff gives it a shot, anyways.

On this day in 1979, Earl Weaver guided the O's to victory, win 1,000 of his managerial career. The Orioles defeated the White Sox 5-3. In 1992, the Orioles opened Camden Yards in style as they cruised to a 2-0 win over the Indians.

Former manager and tormentor Phil Regan celebrates a birthday today. Former Oriole and Devil Ray Danny Clyburn was also born on this day in 1974.