Roar from 34
Things have been pretty slow on the uni-number front; it’s hard to believe that the O’s have gone almost three weeks between roster moves. It’s a good sign that everyone’s staying healthy and that those not named Steve Trachsel are mostly performing, at least. Even though it’s frustrating watching this team pitch and defend well and still lose, I’m trying to remember that a .500 record two months into what was supposed to be a rock-bottom rebuilding year is a bonus. This team is much more fun to watch than most of the patchwork squads that have trudged through in recent years!
I do have one tangentially-related tidbit. The Orioles have announced that June’s installment of the T-Shirt Tuesday promotional giveaway will honor the late, great “Wild Bill” Hagy, the rotund cab driver who led cheers from Section 34 in Memorial Stadium during the heyday of Orioles Magic. Appropriately, the bright-orange t-shirt will feature the “Orioles” script on the front in black, and will have “HAGY 34” (also black) on the back in the style of a jersey. This is the first time I can remember the Orioles honoring a fan in such a way. The giveaway will take place on Tuesday, June 17, which just happens to be Hagy’s birthday. In August, he’ll be given a posthumous award to honor his loyalty to the Orioles; the award will be named after him and given to a top fan each year.
I plan to be at the Yard on June 17, and I hope to see you there!
P. S. : To make up for the slow period around here, I’ll update again this weekend with a contest that I hope will be a lot of fun.
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