The Green Bay Packers have won Super Bowl 45, defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25 in a very entertaining contest. What a way to end the football season. So my prediction didn’t go as expected. Oh well. I had no vested interest in either team winning.
Congratulation to all Packer Nation and the cheeseheads out there. They fought hard to get to the game and the victory was well deserved.
As for …

On the first Sunday in February, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers play for it all in Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas. Millions of sports fans, young and old, will watch a contest that is now undoubtedly the most prominent sporting event in the United States of America.
The big game features two of most storied franchises in football – if not, all of sports – …

As most of you know, the Orioles and Vladmir Guerrero have come to terms on a one year, $8 million dollar deal. Of course, everything will be official once a physical is done and Guerrero passes it.
Poking around Twitter last night, it seems many love the move for the slugger – meanwhile, some fans, especially fellow bloggers were indifferent and didn’t care for the Guerrero deal. A few flat out …

According to ESPN…

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico — Veteran slugger Vladimir Guerrero agreed to a one-year, $8 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, a source told ESPNdeportes.com.
The agreement includes incentives and is pending a physical, the source said.
A nine-time All-Star, Guerrero is the latest addition by the Orioles, who have also signed free agents Derrek Lee and Kevin Gregg this offseason, re-signed shortstop Cesar Izturis and acquired third baseman Mark …

I was going to spend some time this morning and work on entry for yesterday’s Fan Fest; however, James more than covered the event’s writeup yesterday. According to the Orioles and various media reports, well over 10,000 fans attended this year’s edition of FanFest.
I’ll say the venue this year was extremely crowded and there seemed to be a very upbeat mood throughout the day. In fact, at the start of …

It looks like Justin Duchscherer is an Oriole according to ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick…

Justin Duchscherer agrees to 1-year big league deal with #Orioles, pending physical. He could make up to $4.5M in salary & incentives.

The Baltimore Sun’s Dan Connolly, Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal and the Orioles.com Britt Ghiroli have also tweeted about the news on their respective accounts…

The Orioles with only about two weeks before Spring Traning are still looking for another starter, and have offered former Oakland pitcher Justin Duchscherer a contract.
It looks like other teams have interest in him as well, but the Baltimore Sun notes it’s down to two finalists – one which includes the Orioles and the other involves a team down Route 295.
Here’s more from the orioles.com Britt Ghiroli:

The O’s have …

Yesterday the Orioles held their annual Fanfest at the Baltimore Convention Center and it was a good time.
First of, the place was packed. When My friend Josh and I arrived a little before 10 AM, to attend the “State of the Orioles” forum for season ticket hoders the line stretched around the convention center’s west building. The most official number from the Baltimore Sun had about 10,000 fans pack the …

The Baltimore Orioles 2011 FanFest is in the books. I’ll have my thoughts later on, and so will James; however, I am going to let the pictures from this year’s event tell the story.
Despite the snow on the ground and the cold, it was so nice to see baseball back in the region — if only for short time. It’s been a long day, but fun as always to …

 
The Orioles have done a lot over the last few years to try and re-acquaint themselves with the immediate city-community. They put Baltimore back on the road-jerseys, the Orioles Reach Program has been a very visible and effective force in the area and despite a bump in single-game ticket prices the team has really gone out of its way to keep prices affordable. Well now …

With a little more than two weeks before Spring Training, not much else has been happening with the Orioles – yet.
MASN’s Roch Kubatko reports that the Orioles have indeed made an offer to Vladmir Guerrero, as does Ken Rosenthal. At this point, there looks like there are few suitors for a mid-30’s slugger who really can’t play in the field anymore.
We’ll wait and see. Who knows, we all might have …

The Orioles wanted to let fans know of some additions to Fan Fest this Saturday.
Jim Palmer and Brandon Erbe have been added to autograph sessions for FanFest. Palmer has been added to Station #3 at 3:20 and Erbe has been added to Station #1 at 4:40. Fans should visit www.orioles.com/fanfest for an updated list of autograph session availability.
Well, despite some griping from fans online about the new autograph policy …

Other than waiting on Vladmir Guerrero’s decision on a new baseball home, not much has been going in Birdland on the business front. With about three weeks remaining before pitchers and catchers show up to camp for their first workout in Sarasota for Spring Training, I’m sure fans are waiting to see if the team makes more moves – or not. The team may need another starting pitcher and some …

The Rays and Jays have made some interesting moves this past week. The Jays sent Vernon Wells and his albatross contract to the Angels for Mike Napoli and Juan Rivera meanwhile the Tampa Bay Rays signed both Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez to one-year deals. Both of these deals impact the Orioles in the positive and negative but they also speak to the coming question marks within the AL East.
First, …

Well, are the O’s after Vladmir Guerrero or not?
As fans, we’ve been hearing different things as Jim Bowden from of the MLB Network/Fox Sports reported he was close to a deal, as well from ESPN Deportes.
On the other hand, most of the local press including the Sun’s Dan Connolly, Jeff Zrebeic and MASN’s Roch Kubatko say that there’s no deal on the horizon – at least, not yet – with …

There’s been a lot of talk of this online, but if you have not read it … the Orioles are raising the price of single-game tickets in 2011.
Most people are not happy about the changes, obviously. As we all know too well, the Orioles have not had a season over .500 since 1997.

For the first time since after the 2006 season, the Orioles are raising single game ticket prices at …

Today is Martin Luther King Day throughout the United States of America. Although the nation has made great strides since the turbulent 1960’s in terms of equality and civil rights, let’s not forget King’s struggle and the work that still has to be done.
We live in some crazy times now, but let’s try to incorporate the message that King forth.
Moving on…
The biggest news to come out of the week so far …

I work in Baltimore a few days a week for one of my customers, and the security guard and I were chatting the day before the big Ravens-Steelers game.
I grew up a Redskins fan – I know, cue up the jokes – but attend a Ravens game or two each season and enjoy the environment at M&T Bank Stadium far more than I do at awful Fed Ex Field.
Anyhow, we …

While the snow is still on the ground here, I’m starting to feel the itch of baseball again as pitchers and catchers report to camp in only 29 days.
Good stuff.
I’d like the Orioles sign another pitcher and maybe a bat; alas, the pickings are slim out there on the market.
They have improved on paper, and I guess it’s better than the alternative.
Last night, a buddy of mine and I were …

I’ve always wondered what influence Buck Showalter had on the Orioles this past season. With Spring Training upon us within the next month or so, a lot of fans are looking to 2011 with increased optimism with how the team finished up last season.
The more I think about it, he had a considerable aura over the Orioles over the past two months.
Think of it, the Orioles were a horrible team …