Leading Off

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

We’re back, and baseball is not. This is… fun.

Hurry back, baseball. We miss you.

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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:

On this day in 2006…

Orioles: Let's walk Miggy

Miggy: Nah

(via @cut4)pic.twitter.com/OvbzUK0Gkq

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) June 22, 2020

Yes, our new #NPB team the Orix Buffaloes have started the season 0-2.

BUT, Adam Jones went 2-for-3 with a single and a double for his first two hits in Japan! There are still Orioles playing baseball in the world! pic.twitter.com/Nlu5iFFSNh

— Locked On Orioles (and LG Twins) (@LockedOnOrioles) June 20, 2020

If I was Ray, each Father's Day I'd go to my dad's ghost and, before asking to have a catch, I'd ask him why he decided to shun his own son in favor of the memory of some long dead crooked-ass baseball player. https://t.co/8oVQE27DFg

— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) June 21, 2020

Same https://t.co/G8yzEuIxse

— Andrew Stetka (@AStetka) June 15, 2020

Baseball Things

Sure, there’s no baseball, but there are baseball things to discuss. OK, to be fair, they are baseball-ish things, in some cases. But we’ll take it.

The 2020 Season

Yep, we’re still nowhere. We have gone from 50 games to 80 games, to “tell us where and when,” to 60 games, then to 70 games, then back to 60 games, then back to nothing.  

Fans are on the injured list with severe whiplash.

Baseball Flirts with Selling Out

Baseball is talking about selling ad space on jerseys in 2020 and 2021, but come on: once Pandora’s Box is open, it will never close.

We discuss possible advertising partners for the Orioles, and take it… mostly seriously.

MLB Draft

We’re not as warm on the Orioles’ 2020 draft as we were with the 2019 draft. The Orioles surprised by taking Heston Kjerstad.

We discuss the overall draft results, and Jake makes one too many “Aston-Martin” puns.

Orioles pay their Minor Leaguers

The Birds have committed to paying their minor league payers a weekly $400 stipend for the entirety of what would have been the minor league season (through the first week of September).

Another good move by the Orioles. We keep asking “are they doing enough?” Whereas this question may be tough to answer until the COVID-19 crisis is behind us, this is a no-brainer.

Good move, Orioles.

Conspiracy Theory Theatre

2020 has been stranger than fiction. But we have been conditioned to believe anything. Into this environment, we bring Conspiracy Theory Theatre.

Here we come up with the most bizarre stories we can think of, shoot them into the ether of the internet, and see if any of them stick.

It’s fun. Grab your tin foil and play along at home. Send us your best conspiracy theories @birdseyeviewbal.

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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