Paper Orioles: Win Projections on 7/19/2013

At the break, we have the Orioles on the fringe of being in the playoffs according to a few of the models.  It appears that the team is settling somewhere in the mid 80s for a projection.  However, now is also a time things get interesting as a few teams will...

Adam Jones Strike at History

Friday night I was listening to the Glenn Younes show coming back from an errand.  It was at the moment where Adam Jones hit his three run home run leading to Younes to do his best pro wrestling chat radio takedown of all of the supposed fans who dare to question Adam...

Deals that Never Happened, Part III

In the previous versions of this series I discussed the infamous non-trades in the middle of the 1996 playoff run where, perhaps, Peter Angelos made better decisions than Pat Gillick as well as a decent decision to rescind the Aaron Sele contract and the unfortunate...

Deals That Never Happened: Part II

Yesterday, we ran through the 1996 deadline deals that went nowhere when Pat Gillick supposedly brought the deals to Peter Angelos’ desk.  Today, we address a couple more deals.  One is a trade and the other is a pretty well known free agent signing blowup.  One...

Deals that Never Happened: Part I

This will be a series covering the deals during that Angelos era that were very close to being completed before a certain owner allegedly interfered.  However, it might very well be poor sports writing using Angelos as a convenient crutch to connect with disgruntled...
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