by John Perrotto | Mar 11, 2018 | Major League Baseball
Boston Red SoxChris Sale finally made his Grapefruit League debut on Friday but rain Saturday wiped out what would have been fellow left-hander David Price’s first outing of the spring against major league hitters.The first-year duo of manager Alex Cora and pitching...
by John Perrotto | Mar 4, 2018 | Major League Baseball
Boston Red SoxChris Sale has been one of the game’s elite pitchers for many years as evidenced by the 28-year-old left-hander being selected to six consecutive All-Star Games.However, one of Sale’s few drawbacks is that he tends to wear down as the season goes on. He...
by John Perrotto | Feb 18, 2018 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The Baltimore Orioles did not make their first major move of the offseason until this past Thursday.Well, technically it wasn’t even the offseason when the Orioles signed right-hander Andrew Cashner to a two-year, $16-million contract in free agency. Pitchers and...
by John Perrotto | Jan 24, 2018 | Major League Baseball
For the 20th consecutive year, I dropped my Hall of Fame ballot in the mailbox in advance of the Jan. 1 deadline. It is an honor I don’t take for granted, even after two decades, and I spend plenty of time putting in due diligence before making my selections.Voting...
by Bob Harkins | Dec 9, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
Legend has it that a reporter once asked Lefty O’Doul what he thought Ty Cobb would hit if he were playing at that time.“Oh, about .320,” O’Doul was said to have replied.Asked why only .320, O’Doul said: “Well, you have to remember the man is almost 70.”The story is...
by Bob Harkins | Nov 12, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a proposed plan the Baltimore Orioles could follow this offseason, with the assumed goal of contending for one more season before Manny Machado, Zach Britton, Adam Jones and Brad Brach hit free agency.But with the Houston Astros having...
