Wow...I'm shocked...another O's PR blunder...go figure...

I agree with your points, but why the jab at Cal? He is known for his willingness to sign autographs for a long period of time, for FREE.

Scott McGregor was at the Champions Cafe, (which had a much smaller line) and he stood with my family while MASN took a picture of us with the 83 WS trophy. He was very gracious, and signed our pennants and a baseball. I saw him sign everything that people would give him, and he engaged in small talk with everyone as well. Gary Roenicke was there for awhile, then left. While I'm not an Oriole PR apologist by any means, let's give them credit for taking steps in the right direction. Just two short years ago, they didnt bother to recognize the 66 WS champs.

wow...I'm shocked...someone from 'nst ripping the O's...&lt;br&gt;Lonnie, you appear to be someone who has attended a free autograph signing or two and knows they can be a complete mess (God help me but at this point in my life I would rather pay for the signature - it's organized and sane) - everyone thinks they are entitled to Cal &amp; Eddie's signature (as you correctly point out - they're not signing for everyone for free any more), many like to use their kids (who in most cases couldn't care less and have no idea who Jim Dwyer is much less want his autograph) and most people want to use their time to bond with the athelete and talk about the time they met Todd Cruz at the Giant - these stories take up way too much time and slow the line down. Yes, I agree that I'm amazed how poorly these signing events are handled - you figured they would learn by now. But you know that having players from the '83 team may draw a crowd so I think it was buyer (or in this case, dude standing in line for free signatures) beware. &lt;br&gt;<br><br>I was in the very front of the line with my son who is 3 and my friends two young kids. I agree and would much rather pay for the autograph and have a nicer signature. I am just stating that the event the O's tried to put on last night could have been handled alot better.

I DON'T THINK THAT ANY THING CAN SAVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VERY INTENCE AND PROUD FANS OF BALTIMORE,<br>AND THE FRONT OFFICE.TO LONG AND WAY TO MANY BAD THINGS GONE WRONG TO SAVE IT. WHY IS IT SO HARD TO GIVE THE FAN'S WHAT THEY WHANT?THERE IS SO MUCH WE CAN DO AS FANS TO KEEP THE TEAM GOING ON AND THE HISTORY ALIVE ,BUT WE NEED THER HELP TO . AND THAT DOES NOT MEEN JUST THE TEAM'S CAL IS APART OF.

so, let's get this right...you bought your $5.50 ticket, paid your parking and entered the park, where you got a free pennant limited to 25,000 only to find out that you had a choice to stand in line or not to wait for autographs that were on a time limit with no published lineup of players signing.<br><br>Hmmm....so adults made a choice and because the Orioles didn't give them each one minute with Murray, Palmer and Ripken they are bad. Was it poor planning...yes...they simply shouldn't have done an autograph signing. Is the attitude of grown adults worse...absolutely.<br><br> I'll admit to reading your stations website from time to time and very much enjoy Bob Haynie in the middle of the day, but this garbage of bashing the O's has to stop. It's getting ridiculous. I'm sure your blog about the Ravens who dared leave the practice field before every person had been pleased is sure to follow.<br> If the Orioles published a blog about every screw up the radio station has, and then sent people to yell at the interns I'm sure you'd have a better appreciation. I am not trying to bash the O's!! I am just reporting on what I saw. Being involved with several charity organizations and with many years of experience in these types of events I'm just saying it could have been done alot better!!

Chris,<br><br>The NST signal doesn't reach the warehouse, so I doubt the O's would be able to listen to the station to identify said screwups. As long as the Ravens roadtrips sell out and Nestor gets his press passes, all is well at NST. My college radio station had a better signal.

You know how you guys get sick of hearing people at NST "bash the O's" (your words, not mine...)? Sobo Bob and Chris, you're doing the EXACT SAME THING you accuse others of...if you hate the station so much then stop commenting. And if you had a clue about how radio works, you would understand that the reason why the signal doesn't stretch past balt. county is because of the FCC, not because of WNST. It's not Nestor's or anyone else fault. The FCC has to protect it's stations from bleeding over. There are stations in columbia, delaware, and philly that have frequencies that are close to AM 1570. The reason why the signal cuts out is because of frequency protection...so stop making uneducated comments and buy a freakin' clue.

Sir Alex,<br><br>I have a clue about how radio works, I hosted a sports talk radio show in college. As for the signal, the interference with our stations just means that the signal did not cost as much, that's all. I'd like to know how Hennessey and Nestor spin their ratings and webclicks data to potential advertisers. Given the appearence of this website, they have to be running some kind of a scam.