Win home opener tickets at Friday Hightopps baseball chat

Want to go to the Orioles' home opener April 4? Don't have tickets, you say? Well, MASNsports.com will give you the opportunity to win a pair of opening day tickets Friday night at Hightopps Backstage Grille in Timonium. Steve Melewski and yours truly will be hosting another in our series of baseball chats that evening, from 6-7 p.m. At 7 p.m., we'll tune Hightopps' many televisions to the O's game in St. Petersburg, Fla., against the Rays on MASN. What better way to celebrate the start of a new baseball season than being surrounded by other O's fans, munching on taste vittles and quaffing your favorite frosty beverage? If you haven't had a chance to partake of our Hightopps baseball chats, it's a great way to convene with other baseball nuts. We'll answer your questions about the Orioles, maybe make a couple of predictions about the 2011 season, ask some trivia questions and give away some prizes. The most coveted giveaway, of course, will be a pair of tickets to the April 4 home opener against the Detroit Tigers at 3:05 p.m. We've been trying to come up with tickets for the opener for weeks; they're becoming quite hard to get, even here in the warehouse. Yes, there's that much excitement about the start of the O's season. But we'll have a pair to give away Friday night, so join us to talk - and watch - baseball. Hightopps Backstage Grille is located at 2306 York Road, just north of the Timonium Fairgrounds. There will be drink specials, tasty food, more TVs than you can shake a Louisville Slugger at and a family-friendly atmosphere in the room where we're gathering. Hope to see you there!