First.

*Photo courtesy of Kelly and www.sittingstill.net*

After enduring a 35 minute dinner where I uttered the words "Trot, sit up and eat your food" while he replied with "I'm really tired, Dad" (Sometimes the magic of the pool backfires) and with the prospects of having to listen to Gary Thorne and Mike Flannagan call the game on MASN thanks to the idiocy of MLB and their "home markets" for 3 plus hours I needed something to pick me up.

The Oriole's scoring 2 in the first wasn't it.

But Ells, Papi, Gonzo, Salty, Pedie, and Chronicles going yard in a 10-4 win?

Definitely more like it.

Going back to back to back at one point?

Bonus.

I go to bed basking in the glow of an epic beat down AND the fact that the boys have a 1/2 game lead over the Yankees and are in first place in the AL East.

All in all, not a bad way to end a Thursday.