April 06, 2008
Winning for a Song
The Orioles changed the song played when the players take the field:
The campy " Orioles Magic" song that harkens to the days when there was a "thundering roar from Section 34" got scratched after Opening Day.
In the past four games, the Orioles have darted out of the dugout before the first pitch to "Click, Click, Boom," a song by the rock band Saliva, which might or might not have been inspired by former Oriole Roberto Alomar.
The concept of never-say-die Orioles Magic seemingly expired years ago, and now the song has taken at least a temporary hiatus from pre-game at Camden Yards.
Don't start mourning yet, oh tradition-obsessed Orioles fans. Or at least know this before you pine for the olden days: In those four games, without hearing about "when Weaver moves," the Orioles are undefeated. That includes an Orioles Magic-esque comeback against the Seattle Mariners today, when they scored three runs in the ninth against a team that didn't blow a game like that all of last season.
So when a keyed-up Orioles team returned to the clubhouse after the inspiring victory, how did it celebrate? By blasting "Orioles Magic" as loud as it could on the clubhouse stereo.
Whatever works.