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Can the Orioles earn a sweep in Toronto?

First off let’s answer the rhetorical question that I posed in the title: YES. But the bigger question is WILL the Orioles earn a sweep in Toronto? I’m not a prophet so I really can’t…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: It was bound to happen

The good news is that the O’s still have a winning record and thus in that case they’re still masters of their domain. However in posting their first loss of the season, they also became the…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: Matusz and Arrieta

First off, I did raise my eyebrow last night when I heard that the O’s had signed Dontrelle Willis. However when I heard that it was a $700,000 minor league deal I  changed my tune a bit. Granted…Read More

Spring Games Week One Review – A Small Sample Size

Looking back on the first week of Spring Training games, what might we observe? Well, nothing definitive, since the “sampling size” is small. And as always, it is a mixed bag of good and bad stuff…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: Good signs for Matusz (updated: O’s win)

I made a mistake earlier this week; for a short period I almost forgot that this was spring training. I suppose I was a bit critical of Brian Matusz in his first start, which aired on MASN. Certainly Matusz’s…Read More

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Thanks to Brian Matusz and the Orioles

By way of Roch Kubatko of masnsports.com, it’s come to my attention that Brian Matusz and the…Read More

O’s need to re-group after a tough loss (updated with Boston results)

I thought I wrote a pretty decent recap of last night’s 10-3 loss to Pittsburgh; imagine my surprise…Read More

O’s set to “play ball!” (updated with lineup)

Tonight will not have the pomp and circumstance of April 6th. It won’t even come close to be honest,…Read More

Opening Day Options

Four potential guys pitchers who will start on April 6th vs. the Minnesota Twins: Tommy Hunter: Coming…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: Simon says Brian Matusz

 Last week I wrote about how I felt that Jake Arrieta would end up getting the start in the Orioles’…Read More

Some Great FanFest One-Liners!

Saturday’s FanFest event at the Baltimore Convention Center produced a number of great one-liner comments.…Read More

It all starts with pitching… including my blog

Firstly, I would just like to say, “Thank you, and it’s good to be here.” But now that…Read More

Orioles Finish End of Year on High Note

Although the Birds have again failed to live up to expectations this season as they’ve strung together…Read More

Reliever Chris Jakubauskas Shines in August

Since right-handed pitcher Chris Jakubauskas relocated to the bullpen from the starting rotation at the…Read More

Alfredo Simon Has Been the Birds’ Best Starting Pitcher as of Late

With the Orioles hovering around 30 games under the .500 mark and it’s not even September yet, it’s…Read More

If the Orioles Were A Celebrity…

What celebrity would the Orioles be?  I was thinking about Lindsay Lohan recently and what a train wreck…Read More

Orioles vs. Rays Series Preview (6/10 to 6/12)

The Orioles go into the weekend series coming off an off day and a series sweep of the Oakland Athletics.…Read More

Disappointing Orioles

When looking at the stat sheet for a lot of Orioles players you have to be disappointed. However, the…Read More

Roster Moves/Injury Updates

There’s been quite a few of these in the past few days and in case you’ve missed them, here…Read More

After sweeping the Royals, the O’s get swept out of Oakland

In the series finale, Britton was on the mound and so it seemed that the Orioles would be able to avoid…Read More