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Kevin Gausman to start tonight as Orioles take two-of-three from NY

Going into the most recent series with New York, the Baltimore Orioles had lost five straight games (a streak that would eventually reach six) and were scuffling. At the conclusion of the series the O’s…Read More

Orioles having pitching wOes

The Baltimore Orioles this morning find themselves in the rare position of having lost three straight games in 2013. I suppose that the most concerning thing about last night’s 12-10 loss was the…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: Good pitching matchup at the yard

The Baltimore Orioles return to play in the American League East tonight as the Tampa Rays come to Oriole Park at Camden Yards for a three-game weekend series. Given my background in radio I’ll start…Read More

O’s head for home after a big win and a 7-4 road trip

Going into yesterday afternoon’s series finale in Anaheim, the Baltimore Orioles had not managed to win any games on getaway day Sundays in 2013. With the 11-game road trip coming to a conclusion,…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: Too Many Walks

MASN’s Roch Kubatko wrote last week about the woes of the Orioles’ starters with regard to walks surrendered.  It’s not just the starters though, this trend seems to be afflicting the…Read More

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O’s prepare for twin-bill with Dodger Blue

The Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers have faced each other in Baltimore on only two other occasions,…Read More

Orioles defeat Yankees and prepare for prime time

The Baltimore Orioles symbolically finished what their 2012 incarnation started yesterday in that they…Read More

Orioles: The Curious Case of the #1 Starter

Now that it’s been just about two weeks since the end of the WBC (sidebar: my sincerest apologies…Read More

Do the Orioles Need an Ace?

Free agency is in full swing – so what exactly are the Baltimore Orioles looking to add?  According…Read More

Orioles look to capture game one at home

Many people have been complaining about the new playoff format which in effect is being used only this…Read More

Orioles lose game, and possibly Hammel

Remember the saying in Bull Durham?...”Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.”…Read More

Did the break do any good for the O’s?

To answer the rhetorical question posed in the title, I think we’ll know in short order tonight…Read More

Orioles drop late game to Seattle

Bethany Beach, DE - For the first time in my life I’ve included a city tag line in my column,…Read More

Oriole bats come alive — just enough

During the previous series in NY one might have thought that the Orioles had other things on their minds…Read More

Orioles continue the Battle of the Beltways with Washington

One of the funniest things that I’ve heard of late was coming out of last month’s initial…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: Hammel a “one-hit wonder”

Shortly after last night’s 5-0 win in Atlanta, MASN’s Amber Theoharis sent out a tweet which…Read More

Orioles head to Boston

First off as you know by now the Orioles selected RHP Kevin Gausman out of LSU in last night’s…Read More

Did Toronto have extra help in sweeping the Orioles?

This is an Oriole column, however as I’ve said in the past we try to maintain a level of objectivity…Read More

Orioles impressive in series opener

As enthusiastic as the 28,900 plus at Camden Yards was last night, you would have thought U2 was playing.…Read More

Baltimore Orioles: Example of why we need instant replay

The Orioles lost to the NY Yankees 2-1 last night at Yankee Stadium. There wasn’t really much that…Read More