During my recent search for a clip of Chuck Thompson calling an O's game, I eventually found myself on YouTube, watching various Orioles commercials. There are plenty to keep you busy, from the Brad Bergesen commercial that we all heard about recently to videos of Jim Palmer pitching for Brylecream or the Money Store. Since there are so many, I thought we'd feature one of these each week - at least until we run out of interesting O's videos. So this week I thought we'd start with a...

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of U.S. presidents tossing the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day, President Barack Obama will attend the Nationals home opener on Monday, April 5th against the Philadelphia Phillies at 1:05 p.m. It will be the 48th time a President has thrown the ceremonial pitch in Washington D.C. The tradition began back in 1910 when William Howard Taft tossed the first pitch during a Washington Senators game against the Philadelphia Athletics. The Senators won that...

Welcome back for another week of 'Where in the Yard?' here in the Orioles Buzz. We only have a few weeks left before the Yard will be open to O's fans, but we'll keep posting photos here to make sure you're really paying attention when you visit Oriole Park. But in the meantime, you know the rules: Take a look at the photo below and see if you can tell us what's in the picture and where its located in or around Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Update: Nice work by Dom, Eddie S, Ryan S,...

As the O's news continues to heat up as we get closer and closer to Opening Day, here's a collection of unrelated O's items you might be interested in. Also, if reading this makes you think of something else you want to know about the O's, as always, feel free to ask and I'll do my best to find out for you, maybe in another Around the O's here in the Orioles Buzz. 2110 Eutaw Street will return in 2010 The popular promo, which honors the jersey numbers of talented young O's Nick...

This will be the final Where at Nats Park contest before the regular season starts, so I will come up with a tally at the end of this week with where everybody stands through the offseason. We'll kick off the next round of the game next week for Opening Day. Can you guess where at Nats Park this picture was taken? Be sure to keep playing because I hear there may be great prizes in the works. I'll let you know more when I find out for sure. On that note, there are also cool prizes for...

Camden Yards is buzzing with the finishing touches of offseason maintenance; Nicole Sherry's grounds crew are busy on the field, where the red clay has returned to the infield and crisp lines are visible in the Kentucky Blue Grass again; O's Productions has been testing the sound system throughout the ballpark; spring training is already five weeks old; and the Opening Day countdown has broken the two-week barrier. If all of that doesn't tell you baseball season is practically here, MASN...

The Orioles just announced that they've acquired infielder Julio Lugo and cash from the Cardinals for a PTBNL or cash. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Orioles designated first baseman Michael Aubrey for assignment. Aubrey barely played this spring because of a minor medical procedure on his back and a groin injury sustained while running the bases in Tampa. He batted .289 with four homers and 14 RBIs in 31 games last season. Robert Andino learned of the trade earlier today, but he...

After Monday's announcement that Stephen Strasburg will make his debut with the Harrisburg Senators on Sunday, April 11th against the Altoona Curve, I imagine that many of you went searching for tickets. And if you haven't already, you should! The Nats will be out of town and Altoona is just three hours from Washington D.C. -- a perfect Sunday drive to see the star prospect in a beautiful gem of a ballpark in western Pennsylvania. "Coming up, I remember that it was the place everybody...

Even the marathon dentist appointment that delayed my posting of this week's 'Where in the Yard?' couldn't dampen an admittedly wet and gloomy day at Camden Yards - not when they're setting up food, drink and merchandise booths on Eutaw Street in preparation for Opening Day. The renewal process around here is always refreshing after a long winter without ballgames or the buzz they create around the Yard, and the energy around the Warehouse steadily picks up with every day nearer to the...

On Wednesday, the Washington Nationals provided a sneak peak of new features at Nationals Park for the 2010 season. The entertainment, food and parking additions as well as extensive renovations of the PNC Diamond Club are designed to enhance the ballpark experience for Nats fans this season. Those new features begin as soon as you walk to the Center Field Plaza where two new exclusive season ticker holder gates have been added. The express lines are well marked with a welcoming red velvet...