Category Archives: Sports

Wild Man Blues: Wild Bill Hagy

Posted on November 16, 2010 by atomictv

By David Dudley (Urbanite Magazine, 10/01/2007) On August 22 (2007), the Baltimore Orioles began a double-header with the last-place Texas Rangers by allowing thirty runs in a single game, a feat unseen since 1897. In the wake of this, the … Continue reading →

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“Hook One, Dunk One, Put it Away, Gotta Play that Trash Ball Every Day”

Posted on September 29, 2010 by atomictv

You can’t ignore the fact that Baltimore is a filthy city, ridden with chicken bones, plastic bags, soda bottles and food wrappers. Don’t you think it’s time to bring back “Trashball” — one of the most ingenious “stop littering” ad campaigns … Continue reading →

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Wild Bill Hagy: The Irrepressible Human Manifestation of “Oriole Magic”

Posted on September 23, 2010 by atomictv

(Baltimore Magazine, 1/2008) Wild Bill Hagy defied the conventions of celebrityhood. He achieved an unlikely renown—hounded by autograph seekers, meeting Presidents Carter and Reagan, featured in The New Yorker—by leading his signature “O-R-l-O-L-E-S” cheers from Section 34 in the upper … Continue reading →

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We Know Where the Bear Shits

Posted on September 10, 2010 by atomictv

Ray Lewis, #52, linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens and interplanetary warrior, destroyed Saturn on his quest to destroy universal body odor and is now back on the playing field running with a bear.

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