Turn Around!!!

Turn Around! Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all years have gone by!!!!!!


The 1997 baseball regular season ended with the O’s on top of the AL East by 2 games over the New York Yankees. The 97 Orioles finished with a record of 98-64. They went on to win the ALDS in 4 games against the Seattle Mariners and then ended up losing to the Cleveland Indians in 6 games in the ALCS. The Orioles have been drowning under 500 at the end of every season since…

The 97 team was led by manager Davey Johnson. Davey revitalized the O’s when he joined the team in 1996 and took them to the controversial ALCS series versus the Yankees. Davey was fired on November 5, 1997, the day that he received an award for the AL Manager of the Year.

4,904 Days Later…



The new Sherriff in Oriole Town, Buck Showalter, is here to clean up house and bring the O’s back to the playoffs. Prior to the start of the season if one would have predicted that Sherriff Buck was going to take this year’s O’s team to the post season then they likely would have been met with expressions similar to those directed toward Sherriff Bart when he came up to clean up Rock Ridge in Mel Brook’s Blazing Saddles.


All Success So Far
Bucky seemed to spark a fire under the teams behind last year and they ended the season with one of the best records in baseball after he took over the ship. Now in the 2011 season, Mr. Showstopper is leading a team currently tied with the best record in the league at 6-1. We will know later tonight if the O’s have the best record in baseball.

Dynamic Offense
The 1997 O’s had some interesting diverse set of contributors such as Cal Ripken Jr., Roberto Alomar, Brady Anderson, BJ Surhoff, Rafael Palmeiro, Chris Hoiles, and Jeffrey Hammonds. The 2011 team features Brian Roberts, Nick Markakis, Mark Reynolds, Luke Scott, Adam Jones, Derek Lee, Vladmir Guerrero, Matt Wieters, and JJ Hardy. Both the 1997 and 2011 team seems to have a fairly powerful and crafty set of bats.

Pitching Differences
The 1997 O’s featured big name veteran starters like Mike Mussina, Jimmy Key, and Scott Erickson. This 2011 team features Jeremy Guthrie, Matt Britton, Jake Arrieta, Chris Tillman, and Brian Matusz. The 2011 Question Mark is turning into the 2011 centerpiece. The 2011 O’s have the best ERA in the league and among the best in WHIP and quality starts. Can I get an O-yeah!!!


Their Back


Alright, we’re only 7 games into the season you say. Well the Orioles are 6-1. In the 2010 season they reached 6 wins on May 1st. Alright, you say well the pitchers are having early season success, but can they keep this pace up for the rest of the season. Well, the Orioles are led by Buck Showalter and I think he’s going to keep this fire burning.


Yanks on the Way
Alright, well you say that the O’s might have a quality team this year with some good pitching, but can they face up against the Yankees. Well, again I bring up Blazing Saddles, nobody thought that Sherriff Bart could take down the big fierce “Mongo”. ..
Mongo Goes Down

Well Sherriff Bart got the best of Mongo and Sherriff Buck will get the best of the Yanks. Yanks vs. O’s series kicks off Tuesday Night.


O-R-I-O-L-E-S Orioles Magic…
Feel it Happen.