Birdland BS

Baltimore's best sports podcast with a lot of BS opinion

THE FELLAS

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Fred Donahue

Fred, the founder and host of Birdland BS, was born and raised in Baltimore. With roots from his father to Columbus, Ohio, it didn't take much for Fred to grow up idolizing Eddie George at Ohio State.. He bleeds a strange mix of orange and purple for the Orioles and Ravens, as made evident by the half sleeve tattoo on his arm and the FACE in the pic during the Delmon Young double! His younger days were filled with playing baseball and football, and he even had a tryout with the Arizona Diamondbacks at 16 years old as a catcher. Fast forward 20 years, and its been beer league softball, bowling leagues, fantasy football, podcasting and golf for Fred... Oh how the mighty have fallen.

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SCOTT FOSTER

Scott Foster was also born and raised in Baltimore City, with a move to Harford County in the ladder part of his childhood.  He has always been an Orioles diehard, having not missed an opening day since ‘92. His family has had season tickets in left field since OPACY opened. Since the Ravens came to town, he can be heard yelling at the TV if the ravens are down or playing sloppy. He can also be found enjoying the great outdoors in the woods or on a field teaching his son the games he loves. Playing baseball most of his life, he naturally has migrated to playing softball like Fred and Ryan. Having had some experience with hosting and producing a radio show for almost 2 years in college, he feels right at home in the Birdland studio.

RYAn schammel

A once Birdland BS Superfan, Ryan has carved a nice role on the show as our “Terps BSpert” as per his Twitter Handle! Ryan is an avid Ravens fan, VERY casual Orioles fan, and obviously a Terps FANATIC! Nowadays, he is a father to two beautiful and tough twin girls, who he likes to say are “recruit eligible 2035”! Ryan has always been a hometown fan, but it’s the Terps that have always meant a little bit more to him. Growing up, he was a fan from afar for as long as he can remember, before his family decided to go to a game which eventually lead to season tickets! 12 seats all in all to this day! Even away at college for 6 years, Ryan made every home game for the Terps. He even planned his entire wedding plans around their schedule! Ryan has been apart of three field rushes, two against Florida State, and one vs Miami. “I love to give Terps tickets to friends and family, to help spread the love for this great program! I feel the podcast is another way I can do that as well”. His best sports memories for the other local sports teams include, throwing out the first pitch of an Oriole game as part of the Orioles dugout club. For the Ravens, his favorite memory would be the first Super Bowl being played on his birthday, and his father running extension cords so they could watch the game from a hot tub on their back deck!! Thats dedication!! 

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drew nickerson

Drew is the newest member to our group. Baltimore born and raised. He is diehard Ravens and Orioles fan, and has the old school Oriole bird tattoo for good measure. He's also a big time Caps fan! We got that Cup son! The thing that he is most proud of, is being a father to Kenley and Brody. Started them off light with some soccer so far, but you best believe baseball is in their future. Also a big hobby, is playing and following fantasy football. And he enjoys watching some pro wrestling… hey it's just entertainment! He's just happy to be apart of the Birdland BS family.

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james coruzzi

A man of few words….. He loves John Harbaugh, and Cal Ripken!