I went to my second Orioles game of the season tonight. Both nights have been great games and great times. The first was a loss for my Tigers, but still a good game, while this one was an awesome victory over the Red Sox. The stadium was, as usual, filled halfway with Red Sox fans, and it's nice to get a victory for the Os in that situation. One woman in front of us even had a sign that said Fenway South. That pissed me right off.
I love some of the traditions at Os games - the shouting of "O" during the national anthem, the crab scramble, the flashing E in "The Sun" sign - but hate "Cotton Eyed Joe." I'd rather listen to "YMCA" over and over and over again than hear "Cotton Eye Joe" and see everyone dance to it. Both games this season, I've left for food during the 7th inning stretch, and today I recognized it as a defense mechanism so I wouldn't have to be in the stands during that performance.
Speaking of food, I found out today that they serve Veggie Burgers at the stadium! I don't know how long they've done that, but I've been going pretty regularly for a few years now and I've never seen this booth before. It's right by section 33, where I very well might never have been before. It was sort of crushed and cold, but much better than another boring pretzel with mustard.
Lastly, since this is a baseball related post, I have to point out to everyone that the Detroit Tigers have the best record in all of the major leagues at this moment.
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I am glad they finally won a game against the Sox.
When the National Anthum is played at other events you can tell the Baltimore fans when they shout "O". This is especially good to hear when the Ravens play the Tennessee Titons in Nashville.
They used to sing John Denver's "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" - I didn't know they had stopped using that one. I think he sang the National Anthem for one of the World Series games back in '83, the last time the O's won. But they were already playing that song for the 7th inning stretch way before '83 - I don't know what the connection was. Maybe they purposely play songs that won't appeal to about 50% of the crowd so they'll do what you do and get something to eat - could be a purely financial motive. Let the bare-chested, orange floppy-hat-wearing drunks dance while you go get your veggie burger.
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