Lydell up the middle. Oh, the memories. “Hey diddle diddle Lydell up the middle” was a chant heard many times by Colt fans back in the 1970’s. Today is Lydell Mitchell’s 58^th Birthday. It’s hard to believe. It seems like only yesterday that Mitchell was exciting the football fans of Baltimore with his great play for the Colts. In his prime, Lydell was one of the best running backs in the NFL. A ...

So late yesterday afternoon, I submitted a blog here at wnst.net that chronicled yet another twist in the on-going saga involving the Orioles and a potential change to the away jerseys in the 2008 season.

I received 20 e-mails on the subject over the last 28 hours or so.  A bunch of them sort of border on the lunatic-fringe - people who just aren't willing to look at the team's history under its current ownership tenure and still maintain that WNST has some ...

I wrote this piece for another site and I warn you it's long for a blog. But it's a slow sports news night and I thought I'd post it here for those interested in the subject of Barry Bonds. 

A few weeks from now Barry Bonds will break ...

The thought of Davey Johnson managing the Orioles again, gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling. To a certain extent, that is. I love and respect Baltimore Orioles history as much--if not more-- than the next person. And we all want Peter Angelos to right a wrong that happened in 1997. But I don’t know--at this stage--what Davey Johnson would bring to the table as the manager of this team. I would think that he is still as smart as he was ten years ago. I would also think that he c ...

So late last week, within two days of one another, my "birds in the tree" both informed me the Orioles are still planning on sporting new away uniforms in 2008 - with the word "BALTIMORE" splashed across the front for the first time since 1974.

These are the same two birds - along with a 3rd very astute bird - who told me two weeks ago that the club had petitioned the league for the uniform change in 2008, only to be sound ...