Russ and Jen

After 15 consecutive losing seasons, the Baltimore Orioles are finally back in the Major League playoffs. Years of disappointment seemed to fade into the distant past as the Orioles improved their chances as the season progressed and kept getting better and better.

For the first time since 1997, a Major League baseball playoff series is being held in Baltimore. 

After winning the wildcard game in Texas, game one against the Yankees was on Sunday, October 7, and we managed to get tickets. The Ravens were playing in Kansas City so we headed down early and camped out in Dempsey's Brew Pub to watch the football game and have lunch. Dempsey's is in a perfect location, on the first floor of the historic B+O warehouse that runs along the right field of Oriole Park. It's name comes from the involvement of Rick Dempsey, a star Oriole catcher from the 80s (World Series MVP in 1983) and currently a TV broadcaster for the Orioles. When the football game ended, they came to our table, scanned our tickets, gave us our Oriole towels, and we never had to wait in a line to get into the game.

Oh yes. The Ravens won.

Here is a link to some videos from the baseball stadium:

Camden Yard videos