by Patrick Dougherty | May 19, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore’s ball club next travels to Pittsburgh to play hated rivals the Steelers two games in an interleague matchup with National League opponent the Pirates. You know what that means: pitchers swinging lumber! This is the best goodbad thing about baseball....
by Patrick Dougherty | May 14, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
If you’re an Orioles fan, you’re probably already familiar with run differential, and statistical anomalies with respect to run differential. The 2012 playoff team had a run differential of just +7, which estimated a far more pedestrian record than the...
by Patrick Dougherty | May 5, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
This schedule, right? It just doesn’t get any easier. At least the Orioles got a few unexpected days off last week and are rostering two grown men named Matt Wieters and Nelson Cruz. Those guys are a treat to watch in 2014. Cruz looks like he’s trying to...
by Patrick Dougherty | Apr 29, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
With Chris Davis sidelined for about two weeks with a strained oblique, the Orioles are forced to make do without the monster slugger that’s been propelling the team to wins for over a year. A number of defensive changes and shifts in the lineup will need to...
by Patrick Dougherty | Apr 22, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
When Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis broke into the league in 2006, he looked like he could be the Next Big Thing in Baltimore. Unfortunately, Markakis had apparently not heard the marketing adage “underpromise and overdeliver,” because his first few...
