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Podcast Episode 20: The Ravens lay an egg in Cleveland

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Welcome to Episode 20 of the Charm City Bird Watch Podcast with site owner Jake McDonnell, editor Nolan McGraw, and author Ian Schultz.

Unfortunately, we have to open up the show by dishing out our initial reactions to the Ravens’ heartbreaking 12-9 defeat in overtime to the Cleveland Browns from this past Sunday (4:46). We do our weekly Who’s Trending segment (21:42) and dive into some things to watch for in the Ravens’ next game – a third straight road test against the Tennessee Titans (33:22).

Since Nolan and Ian’s portion of Episode 19 was recorded before the official Orioles departures of Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette, the baseball portion of this week’s show gives the guys a platform to voice their thoughts on this huge development in Birdland (39:55).

To wrap up the show, we dive into our weekly numbers segment, taking a look at the best Baltimore sports athletes to wear the number 20 (46:22).

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Podcast Episode 19: Goodbye to Buck, Dan + AJ and hello to the for-real Ravens?

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Welcome to episode 19 of the Charm City Bird Watch Podcast with site owner Jake McDonnell, editor Nolan McGraw, and author Ian Schultz.

This week, we open up the show by welcoming our guests Jon Coe and Chris Melvin of Seven Sports Bar & Grille (4:36). Both Coe and Melvin are Baltimore sports fans. This segment was recorded later in the week than the rest of the show, making Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette’s departures from the Orioles the focal points. You’ll also hear some takes on this week’s MLB Wild Card games, impressions of the Ravens through their first quarter of the season, and some NFL contender/pretender debate.

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After the segment with Melvin & Coe, we welcome in Nolan and Ian to break down the Ravens’ 26-14 win over the Steelers (37:31). We chatted about the Jimmy Smith-less secondary stepping up, Alex Collins‘ fumbling problems, and as always we went over Who’s Trending in either a good or bad way (56:00) following the big win on Sunday Night Football.

In the second part of our Ravens segment, we went over some things to watch for this week as the Ravens head to Cleveland to take on the Browns in what’s the second game of a three-week road stretch for Baltimore (1:06:50).

Up next, we shifted gears to baseball (1:16:58). This part of the show was recorded on Tuesday before the Showalter and Duquette news broke, so a big chunk of this week’s Orioles talk focused on Adam Jones. We also reminisced on the Orioles’ worst season in franchise history and briefly looked ahead to the offseason.

To wrap up the show, we dive into our weekly numbers segment, taking a look at the best Baltimore sports athletes to wear the number 19 (1:27:43).

You can find the Charm City Bird Watch Podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Google Play. Please leave us a review on iTunes, we love to hear your feedback and may read it on a future episode. Thank you for listening!

Podcast Episode 18: Talking Orioles with MASN’s Steve Melewski, introducing our Maryland Football expert Jay Stavros

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Welcome to episode 18 of the Charm City Bird Watch Podcast with site owner Jake McDonnell, editor Nolan McGraw, and author Ian Schultz.

At the start of the show, our Maryland Football expert Jay Stavros makes his podcast debut (3:46). Stavros has been covering the Terps all season long for Charm City Bird Watch. Jake and Jay dive into Maryland’s 42-13 win over Minnesota from this past Saturday and examine where the team is after their 3-1 start.

Up next, we welcome in a very special guest as MASN Orioles reporter Steve Melewski joins the program (11:20). In this exclusive interview with Jake, Melewski shares his insight on the futures of Adam Jones, Chris Davis, Buck Showalter, and Dan Duquette. Melewski also offers his opinion for how the Orioles will address these big decisions after the 2018 season ends over the weekend.

After Melewski hops off the phone line, Nolan and Ian come on to react to what was discussed between Jake and Steve (28:04).

READ – 10 for #10: Reflecting on Adam Jones’ Orioles career

Up next, it’s time for more football talk. The guys reveal what they learned from the Ravens’ 27-14 win over the Broncos (42:21), go over Who’s Trending in either a good or bad way (48:32), and break down some things to watch for on Sunday Night Football when the Ravens go to war with the Steelers in Pittsburgh (1:07:51)

To wrap up the show, we dive into our weekly numbers segment, taking a look at the best Ravens & Orioles players to wear the number 18 (1:20:48).

The Charm City Bird Watch Podcast is brought to you by Seven Sports Bar & Grille. Starting October 1, you can get 10% off any entree when you mention the promo code ‘Charm City‘ to your server at Seven!

You can find the Charm City Bird Watch Podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Google Play. Please leave us a review on iTunes, we love to hear your feedback and may read it on a future episode. Thank you for listening!