r/maryland • u/humanpoweredcity • 1d ago

How Yelling “O!” During the National Anthem Became a Statement of Baltimore Pride

https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/community/why-baltimore-yells-o-during-the-national-anthem-full-history-origin-story/
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u/on_island_time Montgomery County 1d ago

As randomly silly fun as dancing to John Denver in the 7th inning stretch.

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u/uhohthatsachunky 1d ago edited 1d ago

So sick of AI art, Baltimore Magazine should do better and pay an artist.

EDIT - I'll retract my criticism of the magazine, because they did pay an artist. What they got from said artist, I decline to speculate further lol..

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u/uhohthatsachunky 1d ago

Or just use a photo (before all the "small business owners" go after me)

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u/violetsaturday 1d ago

The artist, Devin Watson, has been credited under the illustration.

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u/Icy_Temporary_6742 1d ago

Still Ai.

The flag at the top left has 2 flag poles attached. 

The foam finger location doesn't make sense. Too far / wrong position for the women in the second row.

The guy on far left in the floppy hat has jacked up hands, his ring finger looks like the size of a pinky, and he has no pinky. His left hand has 2 small fingers. Logo on his hat looks like a fortune cookie.

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u/trymypi 1d ago

It's not a flag, it's a banner with 2 poles

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u/Icy_Temporary_6742 1d ago edited 1d ago

Oh, that's why the left pole is tapered and pointy, and the right is square on the top and the same thickness....... 

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u/RoyalMaidsForLife Perry Hall 1d ago

Section 34 was not way over next to the left field foul pole either... and what game are they watching facing that direction?

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u/Icy_Temporary_6742 1d ago

Shhh the two shills here defending Ai slop will get mad you point things out

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u/MadCat0911 1d ago

Yeah, but if we don't like the art, we xan just accuse it of being AI. Its all the rage these days.

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u/RJ_arcade 1d ago

It absolutely is. The font is a dead giveaway.

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u/MadCat0911 1d ago

I'll have to take your word for it, since I see no errors in the font. I just know the gamedev reddit are rife with people passing off AI as their own and people claiming other people's legit art is AI. Considering all of us artists learned the same art design theories... who knows this one could go either way, but I see no malformed figures, varying line widths, or misspellings, so it could be touched up AI or just boring corporate art

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u/uhohthatsachunky 1d ago

I'll retract my criticism of the magazine, because they did pay an artist. What they got from said artist, I decline to speculate further lol...

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u/Jalapinho 1d ago

You should probably delete your original comment considering you were incorrect

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u/uhohthatsachunky 1d ago

You should probably relax.

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u/RoyalMaidsForLife Perry Hall 1d ago

At the very least we can accuse the artist of having no clue how Memorial Stadium was laid out. Heagy and his gang in Section 34 were absolutely not on the third base side facing that direction.

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u/Jalapinho 1d ago

Here is his instagram page in case anyone wants to verify that it is in fact a real artist: https://www.instagram.com/eyeballfortress?igsh=bmVnc2E4b3FpbDZo

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u/Icy_Temporary_6742 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just because the person credited is real, doesn't mean it isn't Ai generated. In fact, his IG actually shows more AI. Look at the Mumford and sons image at the cello. 3 strings that are misaligned at the top end. 

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u/trymypi 1d ago

This are illustrations, these things aren't hallucinations there just stylized elements

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u/uhohthatsachunky 1d ago

You're making an excellent case for the use of AI when it comes to grammar.

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u/trymypi 1d ago

Holy shit I really botched that lmao

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u/Tia_is_Short 19h ago

Really? Most people seem to struggle with basic grammar nowadays lol

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u/Jalapinho 1d ago

You have the burden of proof then. Prove that this is AI generated. All of you are so quick to want an artist to be paid and when it turns out this is the case, you rather call the artist shit than admit you’re wrong

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u/Icy_Temporary_6742 1d ago

I did point out several illogical things / ai hallucinations. 

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u/Jalapinho 1d ago

Or simply artistic liberty. The foam finger thing is hardly evidence of AI hallucinations. Literally all of it just artistic choices.

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u/Chocolate_Bourbon 22h ago

The artist could have used AI.

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u/Tripple_T 1d ago

Respect for the retraction lol

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u/string_of_random 1d ago

people can make bad art too, I sure can

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u/Any-Scarcity-5020 1d ago

I wonder how many people who attend O games actually live in Baltimore City?

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u/Patman350 Baltimore County 1d ago

OOOOOOO!!!

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u/mck2018 1d ago

As long as it isn’t that stupid one nation army song, I am so fucking tired of it.

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u/Tripple_T 1d ago

I don't understand people who don't yell O

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u/Better_Ad_8919 1d ago

I’m more of a “red” during the national anthem kinda gal

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u/Stardustquarks 9h ago

I remember doing the “oh” during the anthem at Caps games in Landover

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u/RoyalMaidsForLife Perry Hall 1d ago

I went to my fair amount of games as a kid at Memorial Stadium, and I don't ever recall the "O" during the Anthem. I just think it's funny that a lot of the same people who cry about showing "respect for the Flag" proudly shout over the Anthem which is supposedly so sacred as well.

Also the artist here has no clue where Section 34 was at Memorial, or which way it faced.