Baltimore Orioles: Playing under protest?
For only the third time in history, the Orioles beat C.C. Sabathia last night. They’re now 3-16 against him lifetime. However I suppose that for the time being last night’s 5-2 win over Sabathia…Read More
Orioles trying to plug the holes
The Orioles got their wish with a rain out last night, which gave the tired team a chance to rest. However they’ll have to come back to Camden Yards today for a twi-night doubleheader against Texas.…Read More
Baltimore Orioles: Is something magic happening?
With last night’s 5-2 win over Toronto, the Orioles earned their first series sweep of the Blue Jays since September of 2010. When I think to that time, I’m reminded that the Birds had literally…Read More
A Tale of Two Clubhouses
By all reports of those close to the Baltimore Orioles team and aware of the comings and goings of the clubhouse, it sounds like a happy bunch of campers. This matches my own (admittedly distant) observation…Read More
Orioles overcome odds and circumstances
I’m going to toe a tough line here and call out the umpiring in today’s Orioles/Angels’ series finale. As a general rule of thumb writers such as myself are kind of supposed to stray…Read More
O’s try to salvage one against NY
There really are no such things as moral victories in professional sports…blah, blah, blah. Having…Read More
Thus Far, Buck’s Got It
The Orioles just completed an opening series three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins. It was quite evident…Read More
Baltimore Orioles’ 2012 season preview
In the all-important “day before Opening Day” column, I figured I’d finally put out…Read More
Orioles drop final Grapefruit League game
If you’re keeping score at home, today’s 8-5 loss to Tampa in the Grapefruit League closer.…Read More
Baltimore Orioles: Beating the status quo
I’ve used this term a bunch, however most people were at the very least underwhelmed by the Orioles’…Read More
Orioles round third
Notice in my title I said that the Orioles are rounding third…but not heading for home; not quite yet. This week will bring the final week of Grapefruit League play for the O’s, culminating…Read More
Baltimore Orioles: Birdee’s and BoSox
Somehow hearing Hall and Oats on the radio while driving to the gym on a pleasant Sunday morning all while knowing that Orioles baseball will be on that afternoon signifies that all is right with the…Read More
Orioles Leadoff Hitter Possibilities
It is an old baseball adage that teams rise and fall on leadoff hitters. Though maybe overstated at times, the top of the order is critical for any ball club. There are few more observable truisms over…Read More
How should the Orioles approach exhibition games?
In years past when I wrote for various other outlets I would always bring up the question of how the Orioles approach spring training as opposed to other teams. When I say spring training, I’m talking…Read More
First workouts overshadowed by Oriole injury concerns
Yesterday marked the first workout of the 2012 season for Orioles’ pitchers and catchers. In terms of getting though the offseason, that’s progress! There are a lot of opinions out there regarding…Read More
Baltimore Orioles: Is Buck really a good coach?
I would submit that college basketball is the sport where coaching is the most important. Certainly you see coaches more involved in the progression of the game in that sport than in any others. However…Read More
Inside the Mind of Buck Showalter
One of the great pleasures of watching Orioles baseball coverage on television is watching Buck Showalter handle questions and interact with the press. He is really skilled in this regard: he reveals substantial…Read More
Duquette’s Composition: Opus 2012
At the risk of losing every baseball reader I’ve gained over the last year, I’m going to make a confession: I was a music major in college. I also had a second major and degree along with a master’s…Read More
Some Clearings in the Fog
Anticipating this coming baseball season is like going down the street from Camden Yards, looking into a fog over the Inner Harbor, and trying to make out the contours of a distant ship. As the vessel…Read More
Some Great FanFest One-Liners!
Saturday’s FanFest event at the Baltimore Convention Center produced a number of great one-liner comments. After a while, I began to write them down. So here is a list of remarks that caught my ear and…Read More

















