Leading Off

Hi. We hope this episode finds you well – in good health and good spirits.

This is perhaps part our silliest and most serious episode. Here, we welcome friend of the program and friend of the universe, Charlie Hoppes to talk about all thing Orioles Baseball, and living in this moment in history.

Hurry back, baseball. We miss you.

Drink of the Week

Join us for the Drink of the Week, and let us know how you’re consoling yourself as you watch the O’s. Find us on Untappd

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This Week on the Twitters

Here’s what’s going on in the world of Orioles Baseball, in 280 characters, or fewer:

What I wouldn't give for the soothing sounds of @kevinnbrown right now (even during another 10-2 Orioles loss). Whenever we get them again, I'll appreciate it all that much more.

— Eutaw Street Rebuild Report (@EutawStReport) May 4, 2020

The first-ever Players League Manager of the Year 🏆 pic.twitter.com/N2fGyLT7uF

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) May 3, 2020

Three years ago today, the #Yankees came all the way back to beat the #Orioles 14-11 in ten innings.

Personally, this is one of the best games I have ever watched. pic.twitter.com/0Y4EUXVZXy

— Bronx Bombers News (@NewsBronx) April 28, 2020

The last home run Adam Jones hit in an Orioles uniform pic.twitter.com/yarRGjnOFy

— Matt Kremnitzer (@mattkremnitzer) April 29, 2020

The MLB connection to the KBO League https://t.co/g7WN5nuCsn pic.twitter.com/zrPLLwFTdl

— HardballTalk (@HardballTalk) May 4, 2020

Around the Bases

First Base

ESPN will air KBO games for American vampires.

Second Base

Maikol Hernandez is the newest future Orioles disappointment.

Third Base

The Orioles give 125%.

Home Plate

To discuss the Orioles’ 2015 fan-less game without reflecting upon the reasons behind it, cheapens the experience. Five years later, we encourage O’s fans to think about Freddie Gray, and how (if?) we have changed since then.

Ménage à trois

If you’re an O’s fan, we hope you are familiar with Charlie Hoppes’ work as one third of the dearly missed Orioles Spastics podcast. We’re big fans. Need proof? Check out Episode 129.

We also hope you have the good fortune to know him, because he’s simply one of the finest humans around. Charlie joined us for our signature lack of insight and baseless opinion.

But after barging in on the top of the show, he settled in for a discussion about how we all talk about what we are going through – collectively and personally – during the COVID-19 pandemic. He spoke (beautifully) about loss and grief, and about allowing ourselves the space to feel and to communicate about our mental health.

Blowing the Save

Most podcasts try to end on a high note – the perfect coda to a quality program. That’s just not our style. Each week, we’ll end on a weak note, blowing the save with an item that didn’t quite fit into the episode, or something they simply need to get off their chests. It’s our version of taking the ball and pulling a Kevin Gregg.

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