A great post that has been honored in the 2007 Best American Sportswriting Annual details one of the tragedies of Major League Baseball’s sad historic ban on Non-Human players: Bugs Bunny, greatest banned player ever.
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DRM victories march on after Google sunk it its movie customers in August and at the same time warned us all of the joys of Digital Rights Management the fine folks at Major League Baseball decided they want to get into the act so they just turned off the servers that let you watch the [...]

Just in time to improve a dismal season for the Orioles, another steroids controversy. I was wondering if the season could get any more dire, I guess it can.

Congratulations to new manager Dave Trembley on his first win as Orioles manager*. It says a lot about this year as an Orioles fan that the survey at the Baltimore Sun is about the season’s low points, so far.
* That he was there all nine innings at least.

Ok, the Orioles are now 0-9 since announcing their new manager. Could we move him back to being an interim manager please?
Edit: So they finally win one! All it took was the manager being ejected from the game! Not that I am saying there is some kind of sign here or anything.

Congratulations to Dave Trembley on his confirmation as Orioles manager for 2008. The Orioles celebrated by losing the most lopsided game in American League history to the Texas Rangers. 30 to 3. That is a football blowout, not a baseball score. At least we seem to be holding our lead against our dreaded competitor, Tampa [...]

OK. I think this is silly. I thought it was a joke, but no, it is real apparently.

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Still, that doesn’t look extreme enough for me. I want to see them playing with running chainsaws as they run the bases, that would be extreme…
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Congratulations to the Cardinals! I managed to miss every game on TV, but have followed it closely in the papers and it sounds like a fun world series. I am amazed that people were as surprised by the Cards as they were, they haven’t been golden this year, but they were never a weak team [...]

It turns out some Orioles fans can’t be bothered to try my tips for being a happy fan. They want a winning team, or at least a competitive one. The team owner responds by calling them ingrates, one of the players can’t understand what they are talking about (Hint: Brian, they want a winning team), [...]

Depressed after yet another season of Orioles baseball? Don’t worry, being an Orioles fan is tough, but it isn’t impossible. Here are my tips on how to be an Orioles fan through these lean years.
• Focus on the positive. Don’t think “We got crushed again” think “Wasn’t that a great double play in the third!” [...]