It’s here! The 2014 BEVys awards show is upon us. The votes have been counted, tallied, and promptly ignored. Kick back and enjoy as Jake and Scott recap the season so far. Guest contributors include:

* Baltimore Sports Report

* Baltimorons

* Eutaw Street Report

* OBP Podcast

* Orioles Uncensored

* Section 336

 

After another “unfortunate” opening segment, the BEVys kick off with a review of mid-season status of the Orioles’ offense, defense, starting pitching, and bullpen. The guys provide their Good, Bad & Ugly for each area. Jake and Scott review their terrible predictions from the preseason show, and make a couple of new terrible predictions for the second half. Additionally, the following BEVys are presented:

From Baltimore Sports Report

Best Hold of 2014

From Baltimorons

Dan Duquette Reclamation Project Award

1996 Brady Anderson Memorial “Power We Hope Isn’t Too Good to Be True” Award

From Bird’s Eye View

2014 Surprise Performance Award

2014 Best Orioles Comeback Award

From Eutaw Street 

The Jim  Johnson “Why Are You You Breaking My Heart Like This, Just Let Me Love You” Award

The Alex Burnett Forgotten Man Award

From OBP

The Luis Ayala Memorial “Most Likely to Bang Your Girlfriend” Award

The Sydney Ponson “Most Likely to Get Drunk With the Fans” Award

From Orioles Uncensored

The “Bartender: Another Round!” Award

From Section 336

The Zany Orioles Quote Award

 

The BEVys, and Bird’s Eye View as a whole, would not be possible without the support of friends, family, and colleagues. We would especially like to thank the following:

* Our announcer “Jovial” Jay Shepard is a podcaster in his own right. Check out his work (Green Justice: An Arrow Podcast and Agents of Shield: Case Files) on RandomChatter.com.

* Jake’s daughter, Madison, made a brief appearance on the show, and served as a “production assistant” of sorts while some of the audio was cut up.

* Speaking of family, thanks to our wives for putting up with this podcasting project. Their support, in the face of being baseball widows, is much appreciated.

* Thanks to all of our contributors – the 2014 BEVy Awards submissions we received were excellent.

* Thanks to Friends of the Program:

* Songs from the Moon, for providing the theme song for the Bird’s Eye View podcast

* OBP Apparel, for the wonderful logo, and continued collaboration

* BaseballTalkRadio, who brings great perspective on baseball outside of Birdland

* Our “sister-wife” podcasts on the Baltimore Sports Report Network. If you listen to Bird’s Eye View, you should absolutely make time each week to listen in to these other fantastic shows.