Blue Angels, Shmue Angels! Some eagle eye noticed the real air show at The Star Spangled Sailabration two weekends ago: This suspiciously crab-like (and adorable!) cloud hovering over Baltimore. Then the Washington Post picked up the story. Can the "crab cloud" be Baltimore's official mascot? Get on it, Visit Baltimore!

Robbie's 1st Base—the Lutherville sports memorabilia shop featured in the reality show Ball Boys—moves to prime time next month. According to ABC, the show will begin airing at 9 pm on Saturdays, starting July 7th. The show will also air on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, as well.

But the prime time exposure figures to be short lived—come September, Saturday Night Football will occupy that prized slot.

Did you know that the latest reality show to plunder the hidden-treasure theme is filmed right here in Baltimore? ABC’s Ball Boys, which revolves around the Lutherville sports memorabilia shop Robbie’s First Base, airs its season finale this Sunday on ABC. Check out the trailer below

Ball Boys is somewhat in the vein of Storage Wars, American Pickers, and Pawn Stars, with the twist of only dealing with sports-related objects. The series follows father and son owners Robbie Davis Sr. and Jr. along with their colorful staff as they wheel and deal with stragglers off the street, looking to cash in on all manner of memorabilia ranging from the awe inspiring (Jackie Robinson’s bat!), to the downright perplexing (an ancient mason jar full of decaying grass from Cleveland Municipal Stadium).

Besides the white-knuckled appraising, bargaining, and hustling, there’s also the usual loafing around and incidental banter that distinguishes these shows from, say, PBS’s Antique Road Show. As one of the worker’s remarks in the Ball Boys...

Anyone looking for some wonky fun tonight? Well we have just the thing for you.

Tonight at Hampden’s Atomic Books, business journalist and author Jane Hodges will discuss her latest book, Rent Versus Own: A Real Estate Reality Check for Navigating Booms, Busts, and Bad Advice. Published by Chronicle Books, Hodges findings are pertinent to anyone considering whether or not to take the plunge into a home owning mortgage.  By way of anecdote and statistical evidence, she negotiates the flood of variables required to determine when buying makes sense—and when it doesn’t. Her stories have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, MSNBC.com, Reuters, Real Estate Forum, AOL Housing Watch, and countless other publications and news sites.

In 2010, the Census Bureau reported some pretty grim statistics regarding home ownership in Baltimore.  We were among 25 large cities (including Minneapolis...