Hot Clicks: SI Swimsuit couples jinx

Links (6)

ORIOLES MAGIC, FEEL IT HAPPEN
Published 5/15/2008 at With Leather
... Orioles must have anticipated being slightly better than .500 this year, so they made this music video, which comes complete with arm-spelling and the fake-playing of instruments.  Looks like the whole video was shot inside Camden Yards, and I for one am a little disappointed that they didn't embrace their city and include Baltimore's noted landmarks, like... uh... the shipyards.  Or the abandoned warehouse district.  Or the tire fire.  A shame, really. [Hot Clicks] 

Orioles Magic! Feel It Happen!
Published 5/15/2008 by Will Brinson at FanHouse
... starring professional athletic teams were all the rage. It's nice to see that the Baltimore Orioles, who, at 21-19 seem to have forgotten exactly who, what, where and when they are, are keeping that tradition alive with Orioles Magic! Feel it hap-pen! I'm totally on board the bandwagon. There's no way I'm the only one who can actually see Kevin Millar playing the role of lounge singer after he retires. Via Hot Clicks   Permalink | Email this ...

The Orioles are No ‘86 Dodgers, That’s For Sure
Published 5/15/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Orioles magic (via Hot Clicks). Fun. Neat. But those guys have serious, serious work to do before they can sniff this performance by the Dodgers. We ...

Anna Kournikova Will Give You 15 Minutes To Stammer [Anna Kournikova Is DUAN!]
Published 5/15/2008 by DAULERIO at Deadspin
... this new web venture and to encourage more online activity, the site is holding a contest where one lucky cyber-stalker will get to have an actual real live phone conversation with her if they accumulate enough message board points. Second place gets a signed K-Swiss shoe; third place, a signed photo to hang over the toilet seat. Fourth place? You're fired. Get The Phone; Anna Kournikova Calling [Rizzo Sports] Win A Call From Anna [Kournikova.com] (via Hot Clicks) ...

Your 2008 Orioles: Where Magic Happens
Published 5/16/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... You have to figure that pretty much anything is fair game when Kevin Millar’s on your team. Mr. Cowboy Up was no doubt a part of this music video the Orioles filmed to promote the team for the upcoming season. An excellent find that Jimmy at SI passes along. Check out those boys sing: ...

Catching Andre Ethier's Batting Practice Double
Published 5/19/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... practice, but it's still pretty freaking cool that this guy had his camera running and the presence of mind to stab that ball as it came whizzing by. (If it was me, I probably would've ended up with a broken camera and a black eye.) You could bring a camera to the ballpark every day for a decade and not catch something this slick on film. That said, the guy who filmed this is no stranger to viral baseball clips: it's pupkin12, the same YouTube user who caught Carlos Lee both serenading his hecklers and reminding them of the score.   ...