One week left until Opening Day at the Yard. Today’s weather in Baltimore is a bit of a mixed bag; while it may end up being the warmest day of 2015 so far, it’s also going to be quite soggy. Let’s hope for a lot of the former and very little of the latter this time next Friday.
Crank up the linkin’ park…
If you’ve been to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, you’ve seen her – Stretch Lady. She mimics the players as they stretch – usually out by the bullpens, but in other areas as well. If you’ve only seen her once or twice, you were probably a bit confused, but that’s OK – Stretch Lady is an OPACY gem, and at this point most of Birdland just accepts her as a part of the scenery, as much as the B&O Warehouse or the Hilton (I would say Bromoseltzer Tower but…Hilton). As Badenhop explains, opposing players notice her too.
The most unique part of the visiting pen in Baltimore, however, is Stretch Lady, an Orioles fan who shows up to most games, sits in the section nearest the bullpens, and mimics the stretch routines that relievers go through as they warm up. She doesn’t do this to mock us, since she mimics both the Orioles and the visitors; she does it because she has to. She doesn’t care how many fans around her think she’s nuts; she has to stretch with the pitchers.
Click the link for more from Badenhop. Good stuff, and congrats on the shout out, Stretch Lady!
Baltimorons Episode 119: Batty Mackstops
In Episode 119, the Baltimorons, Alan and Sam, lament the quite hazy future of one Matt Wieters.
Local Blogs Discuss the Orioles
Over at Baltimore Sports and Life, I had the pleasure, along with a handful of other O’s bloggers, to answer some questions from Chris Stoner on the 2015 squad. Head on over and hear what the blog-O-sphere is thinking for this season.
Joseph May See Expanded Role in 2015
Orioles Uncensored’s Dillon Atkinson lays out the case for Caleb Joseph seeing more playing time in 2015, even if Wieters stays relatively healthy. Dillon gets into fun stuff like pitch framing too, where Caleb seems to shine compared to Batty Mackstops.
Travis Snider Invites #1 Fan from Bangkok to See Him Play
Michael Clair of MLB.com’s Cut4 has the story of Wyatt Anthony, a boy who fell in love with Travis Snider when Lunchbox was a Pirate, then moved to Thailand. Start your weekend with a feel-good story, huh?
