This week's episode originates from the city of Milwaukee, WI as we present another episode of the Cal and JoePa ShowPa! Cal gives you the rundown of everything Milwaukee, while JoePa recaps his trip to Pittsburgh. Cal & Joe discuss the surprise MLB teams across both leagues thus far and whether they'll be able to stay consistent through the rest of the season. JoePa's Stat of The Day  covers Nelson Cruz's hot start. Plus, what's wrong with the Red Sox and to finish it off the segment taking the podcast world by storm, Closing Time!

Episode Recap:

• Milwaukee/Pittsburgh recaps
  
• The Rundown: What happened to The Champs?
  
• Which surprise teams are in it to win it?
  
• JoePa's Stat of The Day
  
• Is Cruz DD's signature signing?
  
• Closing Time
  

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Sal & Cal bring you this week in local sports without the aid of the on-location JoePa. Topics covered include the Preakness, the NBA Playoff picture, the Orioles closer situation and the offensive drought the O's faced this last week. All of this, plus a Stat of The Day and Closing Time.

Episode Recap:

• Finals Mustache
• The Rundown: Kegasus not Pegasus
• Fastbreak
• Cal's Stat of The Day
  
• O's O-woes, Bud Norris & Zach Britton
• Closing Time
  

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Thanks as always for listening! Like something? Hate something? Leave us a comment or tweet us at @OBPpodcast, @OBPApparel, @SalTeamSix, or @JoePappa
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Well, well, well, you thought we might have been cease & desisted in the great podcast massacre of 2014? Well you were wrong! Cal, Sal & JoePa are back together to talk Moms, Yoga Pants, Closers, Monuments Park & baseless NFL Draft coverage! Baltimore's Most Elite Podcast is back and better than ever!

On this week's program:

• Mother's Day at OPACY (Yoga Pants & Sundresses)
• The Rundown: NFL Draft
• OBP's Interactive Fair or Foul Poll of the Week: Why are Paul O'Neill and Tino Martinez being added to Monuments Park?
• Joe Pa's Stat of The Day: Long winning streaks just aren't apart of the Orioles success plan
• Joe Pa previews his Stress Relievers blog
• Final thoughts

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Thanks as always for listening! Like something? Hate something? Leave us a comment or tweet us at @OBPpodcast, @OBPApparel, @SalTeamSix, or @JoePappa
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The Baltimore Orioles are celebrating their 60th Year Anniversary this season. If there's been one constant throughout this rich franchise, it's the flare for the dramatics at the closer position. Decade after decade there's a handful of closers that keep you on the edge. Whether they convert the save, or not, it's never easy, and it may not be pretty. Even some of the "great" single-season closers of the franchise have sent fans to the emergency room. I realize not every team has/had that one consistent closer they can rely upon in the call of duty season after season, but Orioles closers have been notorious for keeping it too close for comfort, especially recently. Some of those "stress" relievers are at the top of the list in single-season saves, but their numbers make you wonder how they got the job done.  Here are just SOME of the single-save leaders..........We want to know your thoughts or memories of the past Orioles closers.

*VOTE AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE CLOSER THAT HAD THE BIGGEST FLARE FOR THE DRAMATICS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SEASONS*

                                                             SAVES        ERA        OPP AVG        BLOWN SAVES
                                                
2013 JIM JOHNSON                       50             2.94            .273                           9
2003 JORGE JULIO                        36             4.38            .256                           8
1996 RANDY MYERS                    31              3.53            .265                            7
1991 GREGG OLSON                    31              3.18            .262                            8
2008 GEORGE SHERRILL        31              4.73            .234                            6
1999 MIKE TIMLIN                      27              3.57             .221                            9
1998 ARMANDO BENITEZ       22              3.82            .199                           4
2011 KEVIN GREGG                     22              4.37            .254                            7