When I’m not at the ballpark, you can often find me here … in my Yoga studio in Orange, Virginia. (Sorry, still haven’t figured out how to take a selfie.)
As I began my fifth year of “bloggessing” yesterday, the Baltimore Orioles finished their three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians, ensuring one more night of sweet dreams atop the AL East.
Look! It’s the Orioles!
Stay with me. This Bloggess Public Service Announcement will take only a few seconds of your time …
Yesterday. Orioles and Indians. Bottom of the 9th Tied at 3.
One man on base, two outs. Orioles outfielder Nolan Reimold comes in to pinch hit. Yes, the O’s were pinning their hopes on someone who hadn’t even played that day. He doesn’t get many chances to play at all, really.
And, this happened …
Two-run walk-off home run.
Game over. Orioles win.
How can a player come in, tamp down the stress, focus, and crush a baseball like that?
Let Nolan’s wife Jenny explain:
The moral of the story ….
Yoga cannot guarantee that you will hit a walk-off home run for your team. But, if Yoga helps Nolan Reimold perform at the highest level … along with scores of other big leaguers who rely on Yoga every day to keep them strong, toned, mentally focused, steady, and flexible … imagine what it could do for you.
If you’ve got an hour, I’ve got the mats. (And, if you’re not nearby, I’m sure there’s a Yoga studio near you … and they’ll have a mat you can borrow.)
The Baseball Bloggess 
Appears I have a whole lota yoga to take up in the next 3 days! Best of luck Orioles – the Rockies just had a 4 game sweep of the Braves – we are ready for ya!
May the teams have a great set of games and FUN! Bunting, clean up – whatever it takes! :)
The Orioles have two “secret weapons” ready for the Rockies this week … 1) Nolan Reimold’s Yoga practice and 2) several days of oppressive, exhausting, miserable heat and humidity in the 100-degree range. (Needless to say, I’ll be watching the games from the air-conditioned comfort of home!) Here’s to a fun inter-league series! :)
Me too ( at home in the ac) tho we can match your heat, not the humidity- tho for us it was high in the 50 to 60% range. As for secret weapons – my lips are sealed! Tee hee
I always liked Yoga. Wasn’t sure he was as good as Campanella, but still he was more quotable.
Welcome to year five.
v
And, rats! You’ve missed Dodgers Yoga Day for this season … plus your very own Dodgers Yoga mat!
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/ticketing/supergroup.jsp?group=yoga
(I do complain about teams who do their Yoga class promotion AFTER the game, because I’m pretty sure I don’t want to be unrolling my mat over someone’s tobacco spit and sunflower seeds.)
I agree. How gauche of them.
Which brings up the old gag. Lady walks out of a fancy restaurant and seeing a drunk slumped on the sidewalk says, “How gauche.”
He looks up and says “Oh, not bad. How gauche it with you, toots?”
v
I saw that Tweet from Nolan’s wife this morning. Heck, get the whole team doing yoga if those are the kind of results we’ll see.
Plus, Yoga boosts your immune system, so I see many benefits if we can just get Crush and some of the others on the mat for a few sessions.
Amen, Roar from 34! All the smart ones around the MLB are already doing it : )
like one time Oriole, Jake Arrieta. Thanks Jackie for bringing to light all the rich connections between baseball and yoga. They are never ending!
Thanks, Jan … You’re my Yoga-Baseball hero!
And, I’m giving Yoga credit for that well-sculpted Jake Arrieta ESPN Magazine cover! :)
Thanks, Orioles!⚾️😊
You’re welcome, White Sox! (And, tell Chris Sale to stop cutting up the team jerseys!)
Go Orioles! I hope they read your blog and make yoga mandatory at spring training each year.
I think they need to make Yoga mandatory every day during the season, too. There are some bats in the lineup that I know could benefit from a few down dogs!
Happy blogaversary! Here’s to many more balanced, strong, yet flexible years. ;)
Thank you, Hannah! :)
Congrats on your five year anniversary! I look forward to another five years. I used to do some yoga on the Wii, does that count?
-Mike
Mike, I’m giving you half-credit for Yoga Wii. Actually a friend of mine gave me her entire Wii system not too long ago and, with the exception of one gone-horribly-wrong pose, the Yoga section is pretty spot-on. (But, not as much fun as a lot of the other games!)
Om namah Nolan, and of course, Bloggess! (Is that blasphemy?)