Know thy enemy: Joan Jett, Elaine Benes and other famous Orioles fans
Joan Jett apparently loves something more than Rock ’n’ Roll: The Baltimore Orioles.
She’s a huge fan of the team as you can see in this YouTube video of her appearance on the MLB Network:
Jett isn’t the only famous Orioles fan. Actor Edward Norton is from Baltimore and also has a deep love of the Orioles:
Paul Rudd is firmly in Kansas City’s corner, right? However ... in the movie “Knocked Up” the Shawnee Mission West graduate looked suspiciously like a Baltimore fan. It may have been the Orioles jersey and hat:
“Twilight” star Robert Pattinson has been spotted in an Orioles hat in the past, and it was news to some people when his then-girlfriend Kristen Stewart was seen in the hat (funky voiceover here):
Last and certainly not least, there’s the episode in “Seinfield” when Elaine wears an Orioles hat to a Yankees game:
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This story was originally published October 10, 2014 at 9:00 AM.