Author Archives: The Rabboh

Yankees fans an embarrassment to baseball

Last night around 11 pm Bengie Molina crushed a three run homerun to give the Rangers a 5-3 lead in game 4 of the ALCS.  Although my smile had grown to the point where I was heavily squinting I thought I saw some Yankees fans leaving their seats and apparently heading to the exits.  The [...]

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Senator Theatre Reopens Today

Having been shut down as a first-run movie theatre over one year ago The Senator reopens this afternoon under the ownership of Buzz an Kathleen Cusack, the father-daughter tandem who also runs The Charles.  I’m sure that The Senator will once again return to being the best place in Baltimore to see a movie, with [...]

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Cot of the Week: Erik Maza, newly confirmed NABSG

Part of the blame for this week’s cot should go to the Baltimore Sun for having it’s brand new nightlife reporter, Erik Maza, contribute to a series on Baltimore’s 50 best bars; there’s no way a recent transplant could have spent enough time around the city to get the different feel of every neighborhood and [...]

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Cot of the Week: Bartenders who throw out Boh caps

It’s a Saturday afternoon in the fall and you walk to Cross Street Market, or any establishment with Bohs and several TV’s, to watch some of the day’s college football matchups.  You order a round of Bohs for your friends from a new bartender you don’t recognize.  You’re talking to your friends about whether or [...]

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25th Street shopping center creeping closer to becoming a reality

The proposed shopping center in Remington, anchored by a Walmart, has now passed through all lower committee votes and will be brought to the City Council as a whole for a vote on November 8.  Although there’s strong public opposition to the project it has passed through City Council committees rather easily. Although the project [...]

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Thank God Roy Halladay isn’t in the AL East anymore

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Year-Round Crabs

As sad as it is for me to admit I think it’s clear that Baltimore’s summer has officially ended.  Though sometimes unbearably humid this summer, we’ll all be pining for that weather in a few weeks when AllieKaties have traded their sundresses for North Face fleeces and it becomes time to layer sweatshirts under our [...]

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Cot of the Week: Bart Scott

In a bit of shocking news Bart Scott has started running his mouth again in a tirade against the Ravens.  After the Jets signed Trevor Pryce yesterday Bart spouted off to the New York media, telling them that many Ravens were jealous of the fact that Pryce was now a Jet and that he knew [...]

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Let’s settle for how trashy he is

Ah Steelers week.  A time when the city comes together to show it’s support for our Ravens as well as show our disdain for everyone and everything from the Steel City.  What has emerged as arguably the greatest current rivalry in the NFL will once again take place on Sunday afternoon with early division standings [...]

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Cot of the Week: Bryce Harper – Certified Coward

Over the past 13 years of substandard Orioles baseball we’ve been in the position to draft a number of highly touted young players with the hopes that they could emerge as the new leaders of our franchise.  Some picks have turned out well (Nick Markakis in 2003) and others haven’t worked out as planned (Billy [...]

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