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This is a knockoff from Portlandia, but if you've been to a game recently, you have probably seen this. Adam Jones and Robert Andino up in New York City putting Oriole bird stickers on anything and everything. Your browser does not support iframes.

Joy R. Absalon-US PRESSWIRE - Presswire On a night to celebrate the Iron Man, Cal Ripken Jr., these Orioles played like a team of iron men. In front of a sellout crowd of 46,298 the Orioles brought the magic to Camden Yards. Before the game started, the crowdes gathered to see the unveiling of the Cal Ripken statue in the new Legends Park depicting him fielding backhandedly, as he had so many times between 1981 and 2001. Emotions ran high, and the crowds gave him and all the other O's greats who were there: Brooks, Eddie, Earl, and Jim, a standing ovation. Then the game began. The Orioles jumped to an early lead with an RBI by Adam Jones that scored JJ Hardy and then a three run shot by Matt Weiters to the left field wall that just barely got over Raul Ibanez's reach and into the stands. Robert Andino and Mark Reynolds added two more solo-shots to bring the Orioles up 6-1 by the end of the 7th. Things got scary in the 8th. Jason Hammel was plunked in the 4...

Tom Szczerbowski - Getty Images Mark Reynolds for all intents and purposes was having a lack-luster season, lot of strikeouts, not a lot of homeruns, and a few too many errors. Then August started. Since then Reynolds is batting near .320 with 8 home runs (4 of which were in the recent Yankees series), 16 RBIs, and has been walked 16 times. His play at First Base has also been very impressive (except when he got tossed when the umpires made a bad call, but we won't go there). If he keeps playing this way in September, the Orioles will increase their power in the line-up. Let's Go O's!

The Orioles are going to enter September 2 games back behind the Yankees in the AL East. The Birds had a huge win over the Yankees in NYC tonight in what could be a pivotal season as we enter the final month of the season. There are 6 more head-to-head matches in the season, two more in New York and 4 here next week between the two teams. Anything is possible, but the Orioles seem to have momentum, heart, and drive on their side. We are definitely going to see a winning season, but I think our Birds have what it takes to play some October baseball. Let's Go O's!

The Orioles are 3.5 games behind the Yankees in the AL East with 35 games left to play. Currently the Orioles are holding onto a Wild Card spot, and there is plenty of baseball left. The Orioles are one pace for their first winning season since 1997. So why is it that less than 11,000 people were at the game last night? Over the weekend, 25,000 folks were there on Friday and again on Saturday. What gives? Is this how we are going to support or team, with more empty green seats than fans? A team that has been playing hard all season with great results deserves more support than that. There are only 8 home Ravens games, that's three Sunday's in September, I think it's reasonably fair to focus a few of the other 6 days of the week to the Orioles when they are here. There are 14 home games in September at Camden Yards against the Yankees, Rays, Blue Jays, and Red Sox, and September weather is nice in Baltimore Do our Orioles a favor; grab your orange and black, and get yo...

Otakon is in full force this weekend in Baltimore. If you are unfamiliar take a look at the photos from the Baltimore Business Journal . Baltimore has been hosting this convention for fans of anime, asian cinema, and more since 1999. Attendance has steadily risen over the past number of years, with it reaching 31,000 last year. While I cannot say I can pick out who these costumed aficionados are supposed to be, what I can say is that there always seems to be a lot of tails, and entirely too many cat eye contacts. Unfortunately this year, I am out of town. If you're downtown at all this weekend, I'm sure it will be great people watching! Enjoy!

Truck 15 (opened in 1908) and Squad 11 (opened as Engine 11 in 1874) closed today because of budget cuts. Truck 15 was one of the busiest in the city, responding to nearly 4,100 calls in East Baltimore last year. Make sure to contact your city council rep to voice your opinion: http://www.baltimorecitycouncil.com/ . Too bad the Mayor will probably just ignore it anyway. Baltimore Brew has been following the story of the three companies that will close (Truck 10 opened in 1895 and will close on October 1st) this year. There is a great picture of Truck 15 in front of the Baltimore Cemetery. There has been plenty of scrutiny over these decisions, which will save the city $500,000 a year, but put communities in East and West Baltimore at a further distance from effect fire support. The city claims other engine companies will be able to cover the territory, but two of the companies that are closing are truck companies, also known historically as "hook & ladder". These fire...