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Arrieta named Orioles’ Opening Day starter

As was expected for at the very least the latter part of spring training, Orioles’ skipper Buck Showalter officially named Jake Arrieta his starting pitcher for Friday’s Opening Day game against…Read More

What Do the Orioles Need from Arrieta?

By Olivia Witherite (@oliviawitherite) With April 6 less than a week away, skipper Buck Showalter still has yet to name his Opening Day starter. From Baltimore’s standpoint, the city is just waiting…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: Who’s pitching?

For those of you who are familiar with Abbot & Costello’s Who’s on First (the greatest slapstick routine of all time in my opinion), you know that the proper answer to the title is “who’s NOT…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

Baltimore Orioles: “Cavalry” coming along?

The “cavalry” of young pitchers that the Orioles brought along through their minor league system first trickled into the majors in 2009. This process culminated a year later when the final…Read More

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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,…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: Arrieta shines

The big news yesterday out of sunny Florida was Nolan Reimold getting beaned in the head. Luckily the…Read More

Opening Day Options

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

Who starts for the Orioles on March 5th? (updated)

On March 5th the Orioles will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at 7 PM in Sarasota, a game that will be…Read More

How will Arrieta fare post-surgery?

Take a look at these numbers and guess who they belong to: Over 12 games: (6-2,) 1.85 ERA, 34 BBs, 64…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

O’s look for a bounce-back win against the Cards 6/29/2011

Tonight the Orioles look for a win against the Cardinals, after a tough 6-2 loss last night. Zach…Read More

O’s win big in Pittsburgh with 7 runs in first 2 innings

The offense was hot hot hot last night and like I said in my preview, Pirates pitcher Charlie Morton…Read More

Game Preview 06/20: Orioles vs. Pirates

Instead of doing series previews like I have been, I’m going to try something different and do…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

Orioles-Jays Preview 6/3-6/5

They say that every journey starts with a first step. If the Orioles want to start moving out of the…Read More

Orioles Rotation Looks Bright

With Brain Matusz coming off the disabled list to make his 2011 debut on Wednesday, I thought I would…Read More

Orioles vs Royals Preview 5/24-5/26

The Baltimore Orioles are riding the high of their exciting 2-1 victory that ended in a strike-them-out-throw-them-out…Read More

Monthly tidbits

The O’s are coming off a series win in their first inter-league play and a 21-24 record putting…Read More

Orioles Must Count on Young Starters

It is becoming painfully clear that the Orioles success, short term and long term, is going to hinge…Read More