In my hometown of Baltimore it is difficult to escape the cult of Orioles baseball. After losing the Bullets to Washington, and the Colts to Indianapolis, the Orioles were all the blue collar mid-Atlantic city had. I would go to the games as far back as I can remember. Opening Day was always an interesting game. The April temperature was usually holding at a steady zero. The hot chocolate would be spilling out of the styrofoam cups because we were shaking so hard, and our froz...

In my hometown of Baltimore it is difficult to escape the cult of Orioles baseball. After losing the Bullets to Washington, and the Colts to Indianapolis, the Orioles were all the blue collar mid-Atlantic city had. I would go to the games as far back as I can remember. Opening Day was always an interesting game. The April temperature was usually holding at a steady zero. The hot chocolate would be spilling out of the styrofoam cups because we were shaking so hard, and our froze...