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August 15, 2017 Episode 213: Songs After Dark
The Orioles are working to squander a west coast trip. The guys go Point/Counterpoint on the season, and consider 2017 O's music.
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1 hr 7 min
August 08, 2017 Episode 212: A (Long and) Hard Day’s Night
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Leading Off
This was an honest-to-goodness good stretch of baseball from the Baltimore Orioles! And they’re, like 13-10 since the All Star Break. That’s… not a sub-five-hundred stretch of games!!! Is this the part where we get orange slices?
This week is a regular show, meaning Scott is back behind the ones-and-twos. The BEV boys are reunited, and it feels so nice.

The Medical Wing

So… do we want any of these guys back? Like, for the reals?

This Week on the Twitters

Saddened to hear Don "Groove" Baylor died. One of the nicest men I've known unless you were a middle infielder on a DP #greatloss @Orioles
— Jim Palmer (@Jim22Palmer) August 7, 2017

Scouting report on Tim Beckham: He wears high socks. All that matters.
— Dave (@baltimoredavey) August 1, 2017

Call me crazy, but an Orioles reunion would make sense, IMO. https://t.co/FrPwv8DcsI
— Dillon Atkinson (@DAtkinsonOU) August 2, 2017

Sigh. I say this with love, #Birdland: be better. pic.twitter.com/1efc1Rv7EN
— Eutaw Street Report (@EutawStReport) August 2, 2017

Some guy trying to start wave in front of the press box. Id throw him out like he ran onto the field. But I dont run things. #crankytweet
— Dan Connolly (@danconnolly2016) August 6, 2017

As @Orioles mark HR # 10K, I think of good friend Joe Durham who hit 4 of those & was first black player for O's to HR. Joe passed last yr. pic.twitter.com/lrHEheAQZS
— Mark Viviano (@MarkWJZ) August 6, 2017

Congratulations to Nick Markakis for collecting his 2,000th career hit! pic.twitter.com/FYACK5AwPY
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) August 4, 2017

Around the Bases: Good Baseball Edition

Things haven’t been terrible as of late. The starting rotation has had a single turn of largely decent starts. Things will always be this awesome, forever – right? RIGHT?!
With this new found excitement, we take a trip Around the Bases.
First Base: Starting Pitching that doesn’t suck.
Second Base: The Legend of Tim Beckaham
Third Base: The bullpen is weird. We said it wouldn’t get weird.
Home Plate: Playoffs?! You’re talking playoffs?!

Dongs After Dark: Part II

With the Orioles’ first trip to the West Coast in the 2017 season, this is our first opportunity (extra-inning games notwithstanding) to set our eyes on some #DongsAfterDark.
This is our favorite O’s Social Media hashtag, and we take full advantage to write some new adult film synopses that might be titled Dongs After Dark.

Let us know what YOU find on late night TV,
1 hr 18 min
August 08, 2017 Episode 212: A (Long and) Hard Day’s Night
Scott makes his triumphant return, as we discuss a couple of good weeks of Orioles Baseball, and read off some Dongs After Dark sequels.
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1 hr 18 min
August 01, 2017 Episode 211: Deadline Drama
It's 2014 Playoffs Reunion Week! The Orioles play the Royals and Tigers, fresh off a very confusing trade deadline. Derek Arnold of Eutaw Street Report joins Jake to discuss.
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59 min
August 01, 2017 Episode 211: Deadline Drama
It's 2014 Playoffs Reunion Week! The Orioles play the Royals and Tigers, fresh off a very confusing trade deadline. Derek Arnold of Eutaw Street Report joins Jake to discuss.
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59 min
July 25, 2017 Episode 210: Time to Change
It was an up-and-down week, so this episode of Bird's Eye View spans all of the emotions. We go Around the Bases and reference the Brady Brunch (sorry).
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1 hr 18 min
July 25, 2017 Episode 210: Time to Change
It was an up-and-down week, so this episode of Bird's Eye View spans all of the emotions. We go Around the Bases and reference the Brady Brunch (sorry).
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1 hr 18 min
July 13, 2017 5th Annual BEVy Awards
The 2017 BEVys are here! A loving (and occasionally mean-spirited) look back at the first half, as we hand out some fake hardware, with a little help from our friends.
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1 hr 27 min
July 13, 2017 5th Annual BEVy Awards
The BEVys are here!

It’s time for the 5th Annual BEVy Awards, presented by the Bird’s Eye View podcast. What are the BEVys, you ask? Well, the BEVys are a mid-season awards show in which we (and some of our friends and colleagues in the Bird-O’s-sphere) hand out faux awards. Except there is no real hardware, and nobody is here to accept them. The BEVys are a little bit like Who’s Line Is It, Anyway in the fact that the games are made up and the points don’t matter.

The BEVys always begin with some musical entertainment, as the guys tackle the toughest issues of the day – namely online civility and the chances of re-signing Manny Machado. Not a fan of our dulcet tones? We can’t blame you. If you’d like to get off this ride, feel free to skip time markers 3:15 through 10:40. Otherwise, buckle up – we’re at it, again.

The Awards
The 5th Annual BEVy Awards feature 14 awards, from 12 presenters. Contributors to this year’s show include:






Many Thanks
The BEVys provides us an excellent opportunity to stop and smell the roses. We enjoy the hell out of producing this podcast, and we have so many people to thank for making the effort possible, and for making it so much fun. Please know that there are so many people not listed here that are vital to what we do, and ensuring that we laugh so hard along the way. We apologize for not mentioning everyone by name (but the show is already long enough).
That being said, we would like to thank:

* The “Voice of the BEVys,” Jovial Jay Shepard.
* The many contributors to this show, and collaborators in the Bird-O’s-Sphere, at large. It seems that all the people we meet who create Orioles content online are generous with their time and talents, and know how to have a good time.
* OBP Apparel, for our sweet logo.
* The artists who provide our show music on a weekly basis:

* Songs from the Moon – Watching the Orioles (Bird’s Eye View theme song)
* Black Dog Prowl – No Robots (interstitial music)
* The Last Year – Mania (interstitial music)

* The Baltimore Sports Report Network – sister wife podcasts, dear friends.
* Our wives, the Baseball Widows, who encourage our passions and tolerate our podcast-related absences.
* Bird’s Eye View listeners. There may be no accounting for your taste, but we appreciate the opportunity to share in your Orioles fandom experience. It’s been fun getting to know you through the years, and to share our thoughts and feelings along the way. Thanks for making this a rewarding experience.

1 hr 27 min
July 11, 2017 Episode 209: All Scar Break
It's been a while since a four-day break without baseball has seemed so welcome. The Orioles limp into the All Star Break on the back of Jonathan Schoop.
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42 min