Matty the Oriole

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

When you ask the boys for help with girls

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

“WHAM! BAM! THANK YOU SAM!” - @kevinnbrown

[Baltimore Orioles @Orioles]

Big Sam goes oppo!

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

This man is horrible for New York and this country, regardless of your personal politics. He is an actor pretending to be a communist to get your vote. Grow up and recognize what he is: a scam artist.

[CSPAN @cspan]

NYC Mayor Mamdani on American exceptionalism: "We are told that America is exceptional because we are richer, stronger, more powerful than everyone else... The truth, my friends is that America is exceptional because here, nothing is fixed into place."

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

Third base umpire has no idea what a swing is.

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

Go off then 😂

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: Rare 1776 copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence discovered in British archives.

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

I own several DVDs from the late 90s-early 2000s. This man is a lying liar who lies.

[Daniel Friedman @DanFriedman81]

Before streaming, I was a big DVD collector. I bought nearly a thousand movies. I thought I was building a library. And I will tell you a secret:

DVDs rot.

The glue that holds the layers together can become opaque so the laser doesn’t read the disc properly or it can simply degrade so the disc falls apart or it can warp or expand so the disc won’t spin properly in the drive.

So, in addition to needing to keep antique hardware with delicate moving parts in working order to play these games or watch these movies, the media itself is degrading.

Yeah, your purchased digital movie might get deleted from the network over rights issues at some point in the future or the service that provides it might shut down. But if you buy a BluRay and put it on a shelf for five years and then decide to watch it, there is a decent chance it won’t work.

I love a beautiful Criterion movie box set or a game with cool box art and a manual as much as the next guy, but people overly romanticize physical media. The universe is governed by entropy and everything is falling apart.

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

Lmao

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

agreed...but Lukaku's dick offside was objectively funny

[Jeff Sunday @TheDegenWeekly]

An ode to Baltimore, Maryland 🦀

I spent 48 hours in Baltimore. I don’t know what I expected, but it was much better than anything I could have expected.

Let’s start off by asking why this was my first time in Baltimore. I’m 38 years old, a die hard sports fan, travel a lot and have lived in the Northeast for 13 years. In terms of top destinations - Baltimore has never even sniffed the list. Is that a me thing or a Baltimore thing? I’ll let you be the judge.

My wife and I bought a car in 2018 to get out of NYC more often. The trips we planned were Philly, DC, Boston, Portland (Maine), Newport and upstate New York. Hell we’ve even driven to Toronto for a weekend. Not once have we ever discussed checking out Baltimore. It was only till my good pal Steak and I were talking about visiting ballparks for the first time and Camden Yards came up that we landed on it. And I’m glad we did, because the ballpark was incredible and the city left a good enough impression that I’d like to go back.

My point above is emphasizing that Baltimore is a very “under the radar” city. I won’t say it’s forgotten, mostly due to the fact that it has an NFL team and one that happens to be relevant every year. But on that note, maybe it is the Jacksonville of the Northeast (?). Football has been better to watch on TV than in person, so that has never drawn me to visit cities. Sure, it’s on the water, but it obviously isn’t a beach town. So naturally, it only made sense that Camden Yards would bring me down to Charm City for the first time.

“Charm City?” Yes - they call it Charm City, can you believe that? I couldn’t. Legit thought someone was fucking with me when they told me Baltimore is called Charm City. But then I drove in, and said to myself…”yep…I got fucked with.” Ha! Not so fast. It isn't beautiful upon entry like a Charleston. Its charm sneaks up on you after you’ve had your first Orange Crush and made your way down to neighborhoods like Fells Point and Canton. The whole area around the harbor is pretty cool. A bit more touristy than I’d like, but as a first timer, I can’t really bitch about tourists.

It’s hard to find charm and character in this country. You can’t avoid it in Europe, but in the US, you have to really search for it. I’m from Florida - so all we really have is St Augustine and a 4 hour drive to Savannah if I want charm, character, history, and an authentic pub experience. The Northeast obviously has much more of it, and that’s something I enjoyed about Baltimore. I’m a sucker for cobblestone streets surrounded by taverns that have been around for a hundred years. You sit at the bar and get a glimpse of what it must’ve felt like to spark up a conversation about the Declaration of Independence.

I obviously need to spend more time there, but I did not find Baltimore to be the most hospitable city. Whether it was bartenders, servers or hotel staff - they weren’t overly nice or welcoming. I got more smiles from the kiosks at Dunkin Donuts. But that’s okay. If I wanted happiness I’d go to Disney. I won’t knock ya too hard for it, but an observation nonetheless.

You hear rough things about cities like Baltimore. I remember that’s all I had heard about Detroit, but I still took a trip there to see it for myself. I loved it. I like rust belt cities. I like rough. I respect blue collar workers. I love grit. New York City used to be tough, but now it’s filled with a bunch of soft pansies who have never experienced an ounce of struggle in their life. I also like that people seem to be proud of their city and state. The few people I know from Maryland will throw down if you say a bad thing about it. It’s like they’re ready to load a musket and fight for it at a moment's notice. I respect that.

And lastly, I cannot say enough good things about Camden Yards. It’s a 10/10.

I did not expect to be saying this, but I’m excited to go back. I guess that’s ultimately why Baltimore was better than I expected. Cheers.

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

Your ancestors would have seen this as an omen to storm FIFA headquarters over the red card

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

@USMNT My body is ready

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

@USMNT USA USA

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

Should have called it at 6 minutes MAX.

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

There is absolutely no excuse for this other than FIFA was rigging this to go to penalties the best they could

[Onyx @OnyxOdds]

Fun fact:

Bobby Bonilla has been more valuable to the Mets this season than their entire infield

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

“SeT yOuR aC tO 78 dEgReEs”

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool.

Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can.

Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment.

A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let's ease demand — and get through the heat — together.

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

Now do it 4 in a row, boys

[Baltimore Orioles @Orioles]

Brought the heat 🔥

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

Hahahaha 2 pitches. Home run for the White Sox.

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

@CreedWillems The worst part is I’m not depressed and will be an eternal optimist - even while pointing out everything I see wrong, I still think they have a good core of players. I blame coaches and management for forcing analytics from 2016 onto them.

[Matty the Oriole @m4tt4Real]

@jcalvinmeyer How many times has that happened this season?