Cartoon bird  The smiling cartoon bird has been watching over
the Orioles since spring training. Does he have reason to look
so confident? (Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun / March 2,
2012)  The Orioles break out the cartoon bird logo, and all of a
sudden they're unbeatable.   Well, yeah, almost certainly so.
But it's hard to deny there are some good vibes reverberating
through the city right now.  Camden Yards has a new rooftop bar
in center field, that adorable grinning bird is everywhere you
look, and the team actually appears competitive.  Think back to
1997, when the Denver Broncos changed their logo and uniforms.
The next thing you knew, John Elway was windmilling into the end
zone in the first of two Super Bowl victories.  No, the emblem
on the front of the cap isn't going to get the Orioles playing
deep into October. But when you look closely at that bird, it
seems like he knows something we don't. He’s confident and
snarky, and he has a certain gusto that the boring, flightless,
ornithologically co