Quick Hits

* Right now, we have 3 Orioles due for arbitration. They are Brian Roberts, Erik Bedara and Corey Patterson. As spring training is upon us, we need to get all 3 signed - especially in the case of Bedard and Roberts. Here's a report from CBS Sportsline.

* Orioles.com beat reporter, Spencer Fordin answers the weekly mailbag with a number of O's questions.

From the Blog Roll:

Mike of Oriole Magic opines on the radio situation. I agree with him for the most part, and I pretty much agree with all aspects of what he asserts. Yes, I just see it as a business and control move, but I will miss a lot of the programming on WBAL that centered around the Orioles, a good portion that was relevant and gave an honest look at the team.

More or less, it's the product on the field that gets people going, not the radio or broadcast content.

Honorable Mention: I recently looked at this site, Shut Up Tim McCarver and it's one of the funnier websites I have laid eyes on in a while. I dislike him as much as these guys and it has all of Tim McCarver classic moments, a forum (wow), and other things about him. Amazing...