What's it all about? Let's try this again

He left with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth, and reliever Lance Cormier gave up an infield hit to end the shutout bid, costing the O's a chance to end the longest shutout drought in the majors at 90 games. All three inherited runners would end up scoring in a five-run Mariners ninth, so the pitching line wasn't as pretty as it could have been, but nobody was complaining afterward.

I know this because I stayed up all the way through the post-game show waiting to watch Softball 360 on MASN.

*Good to see Radhames Liz didn't let his recent demotion get him down. He threw seven strong innings for Triple-A Norfolk on Friday night to get the victory against Lehigh Valley.

*The Green Bay Packers really, really don't want Brett Favre reporting to camp. You've probably heard by now that they've presented him with a $20 million marketing offer to stay retired.

I checked with my fellow baseball guys at The Sun - Zrebiec and Dan Connolly - and they both agree: That would be the most anybody has been paid not to work since ... me.

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