Dempsey's Army

"That's how you're gonna beat 'em, Butch. They keep underestimating you." - Butch Coolidge (Pulp Fiction) Dateline Ch...

I was in Birmingham over the weekend for a wedding but managed to get away Saturday night to see a ball game. The Birmingham Barons were hso...

Ronny Cedeno's face says it all... The Orioles continue to shock the world. Last night was such a feel-good game I had to write somethi...

Oriole Magic is alive and well. Baltimore comes from behind again (only 1 run but still...) to win in extra innings. The Orioles now have 36...

The Orioles have a one run lead in the 9th inning. The call to the bullpen sets your stomach to churning. Yeah, he's the closer. He'...

The relative success of the 2008 season has some Oriole fans starting to talk about the possibility of the Orioles signing Mark Teixeira in...

Steve Trachsel, for all intents and purposes, is gone . Trachsel was a placeholder until the youngsters were ready to take over so the brigh...

Daniel Cabrera continues his remarkable season. Even if you don't find his results remarkable, it is certainly a remarkable season with ...

God, I LOVE Armando Benitez! See how Armando snatches defeat from the jaws of victory? Brilliant! Adam "The Truth" Jones is quick...

Lots going on in Birdland this week. The O's drafted LHP Brian Matusz yesterday. I was hoping for a position player but when high sc...

Andy MacPhail has gone and acquired more pitching for the Oriole farm system. The Orioles drafted LHP Brian Matusz from the University of Sa...

Red Sox come to town tonight! Oriole record at Camden Yards: 16-8 Red Sox record away from Fenway: 11-19. So you're tellin' me there...

The Orioles had a five game losing streak! Leap from the bandwagon, Nestor! Orioles go from penthouse to outhouse How original. How droll. T...

OK, I've been out of town for the holiday and haven't seen a lot of the Orioles lately. There's a whole lot to catch up on but l...

Last night will go down as a Circle 2 loss in Ben's 9 Concentric Circles of Losing : Not Enough To Win. They had their opportunities. T...

The top of the first last night was just about as close to baseball heaven as you can get. 7 runs against Mike Mussina to knock him from th...

This is kind of a book review but with a different twist. The book is called "Facing Clemens" by Jonathan Mayo. No, it's not a...

To continue Thursday's thought, Jay Payton only got one hit all weekend (a homer) and it came off a lefty. He went 0 for whatever agains...

First, I present the headline for yesterday's O's game on ESPN.com: Manny's snag, high-five steal O's thunder Hey, ESPN! Th...

I looked for this last night but leave it to someone from the Oriole Magic blog ( in this case, Heathir Irvin ) to find it first. I'm po...