FEAR THE BIRD. (cover story)

The author offers opinions on the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. Citing his own status as a fan of the team, he states that Orioles fans in Baltimore, Maryland were not prepared for the team's success in the 2012 season due to the Orioles' consistent losing record for the previous decade and not having made the playoffs since 1994, the year his son was born. It is stated this skepticism is responsible for less than sellout attendance at Orioles games. The author expresses pride in his son, a college student in Boston, Massachusetts in 2012, for having cheered for the Orioles in a game against the Red Sox played at Fenway Park in Boston.