Category Archives: Sports

Vi-lent Crime: Cal Ripkin’s Mom Threatened Again

By Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less) What is it with Vi Ripkin’s car and carjackers? Or rather, WTF? I mean, the woman lives in down-homey Aberdeen, Maryland – a town of 15,000 where residents claim “everybody knows everybody” – not … Continue reading

Posted in 2010s, Baltimorons, Crime, Orioles, Sports, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

1966 Baltimore Orioles Batboy Picked up Bats and Balls with Metal Hooks

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO … ? O’s batboy Jay Mazzone Nearly 40 years ago, Jay Mazzone was the most famous batboy in the major leagues. By Jacques Kelly (The Baltimore Sun, 7/28/2007) As a 12-year-old, he joined the Orioles in that magical … Continue reading

Posted in 1960s, Orioles | 9 Comments

Fan throws banana at Oriole Adam Jones in San Francisco

Jones shares on Twitter that a fan threw a banana in his direction in center field By Nate Scott (USA Today, 8/12/2013) I want to thank whatever slapdick threw that banana towards my direction in CF in the last inning. … Continue reading

Posted in 2010s, Orioles | 2 Comments

Wrestler Haku admits once he bit the nose off a man in Baltimore

Former WWE wrestler Haku admits he bit the nose off a man who called pro wrestling fake By James Guttman (Prowrestling.net, 10/2/2011) ‘…Through second had stories and whispers, we’ve all heard about Haku once biting someone’s nose off during a … Continue reading

Posted in Baltimorons, Wrestling | 3 Comments