Current:Home > StocksWatch: Lifelong Orioles fan Joan Jett calls scoring play, photobombs the team -Wealthify
Watch: Lifelong Orioles fan Joan Jett calls scoring play, photobombs the team
View
Date:2025-04-15 13:11:04
In the past, Baltimore Orioles fans might have hated themselves for loving the team.
But this season, the birds are having a high-flying season. At 81-49, they lead the American League and their first playoff berth since 2016 is within grasp.
Rock royalty Joan Jett is among the Orioles faithful and was in the building Monday night as Baltimore hosted the Chicago White Sox.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer spent some time saying hello to players ahead of the game and, during the matchup, took a trip to the broadcast booth.
In the bottom of the third inning, Jett helped call the play when Ryan O'Hearn hit a two-RBI single for the first points of the game, putting Baltimore up 2-0.
FOLLOW THE MONEY: MLB player salaries and payrolls for every major league team
"Yeah, yeah!" The Runaways and Blackhearts frontwoman shouted on the mic as the ball soared over the shortstop and landed in a clear patch of grass.
She also gave her fellow commentators a lesson in how to throw a screwball.
And that's not all!
Jett found her way into the Orioles' team photo, which was taken that day. She can be seen sitting on the terrace above the field to the right of where the players are posing. She laughed that she was "trying to photobomb them."
Jett hails from Philadelphia, but spent time living in Maryland while she was growing up. She said in a 2014 interview with Billboard that the first baseball game she went to was Jim Palmer's no-hitter in 1969 and she's been head over heels ever since.
"How can you not be an Orioles freak after seeing that for the first game?" she said.
veryGood! (54297)
Related
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- E! News' Keltie Knight Shares She's Undergoing a Hysterectomy Amid Debilitating Health Journey
- 11-year-old fatally stabbed while trying to protect pregnant mother from attacker, officials say
- Open seat for Chicago-area prosecutor is in voters’ hands after spirited primary matchup
- North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
- 5 simple tips and predictions will set up your NCAA tournament bracket for March Madness
- Dartmouth refuses to work with basketball players’ union, potentially sending case to federal court
- ‘Access Hollywood’ tape won’t be played at Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, judge rules
- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
- Wayne Brady sets the record straight on 'the biggest misconception' about being pansexual
Ranking
- Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
- The longest-serving member of the Alabama House resigns after pleading guilty to federal charges
- Child’s decomposed body found in duffel bag in Philadelphia neighborhood
- Women's NCAA Tournament 2024: Full schedule, times, how to watch all March Madness games
- Kansas City Chiefs CEO's Daughter Ava Hunt Hospitalized After Falling Down a Mountain
- Singer R. Kelly seeks appeals court relief from 30-year prison term
- A second man charged for stealing Judy Garland's 'Wizard of Oz' ruby slippers in 2005
- Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro’s bid to stave off prison sentence
Recommendation
Spooky or not? Some Choa Chu Kang residents say community garden resembles cemetery
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signs proclamation condemning antisemitism while vetoing bill defining it
‘Access Hollywood’ tape won’t be played at Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, judge rules
Open seat for Chicago-area prosecutor is in voters’ hands after spirited primary matchup
US Open player compensation rises to a record $65 million, with singles champs getting $3.6 million
What is the average life expectancy? And how to improve your longevity.
Brenda Song says fiancé Macaulay Culkin helps her feel 'so confident'
Oregon man found guilty of murder in 1980 cold case of college student after DNA link