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July 8, 2016

Gotta Catch ‘Em All: Pokemon Orioles Mash-up

On July 7th, countless adults were transported into a new world where wild creatures live among us.  These creatures have the evident desire to be captured into tiny red and silver balls and placed into combat with other creatures that are trained by others in the world. Pokemon had returned […]
March 20, 2016

Are the Orioles forgoing Defense for Power?

“Pitching, Defense, and the Three-run Homer“   It’s a philosophy that has become ingrained in Baltimore baseall for decades.  Under this philosophy employed by Earl Weaver, the Baltimore Orioles became the most successful franchise in all of sports for two decades. Weaver’s pitchers won 20 games on 22 occasions (six went […]
February 28, 2016

This isn’t the outfielder you are looking for…

The Orioles seem to be in scramble mode to fill their last outfield spot with the loss of Dexter Fowler last week.  And the scenario being positioned by the Orioles right now is not a positive one for the defense. Dan Duquette says they are still looking at OF options. […]
October 24, 2015

The Thome Conundrum

View image | gettyimages.com   The discussion of the offseason for the Baltimore Orioles has focused around Chris Davis.  After laying claim to another impressive season with 47 home runs in 2015, leading MLB, Davis is aimed to make upwards of 6 years/$144 million based on reports from MLB Trade […]
July 16, 2015

Can Bud Norris Be Successful in the Bullpen?

Last year, Ubaldo Jimenez was transitioned to the bullpen due to poor command, but also because he failed to have success with his slider and curveball.  The results when transitioning to the bullpen in limited work were not impressive for developing command and/or lowering his ERA (6.75 ERA as Reliever). […]
June 15, 2015

Pack Your Lunchbox: Is Snider Next to Go?

With the loss of Nick Markakis during the off-season, the Orioles needed to find another left-handed corner outfield to fill the vacancy.  The Orioles were able to acquire Travis Snider from the Pirates for a PTBNL (which turned out to be Steve Brault).  The front office spoke highly of the […]