by Gary Armida | Mar 13, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The franchise has become the model of Major League Baseball. While the Oakland A’s three year run has received its fair share of deserved attention, it has been the Tampa Bay Rays who have been the most successful small market team in the sport. Since the start of the...
by Gary Armida | Feb 5, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
With the opening of Spring Training down to days rather than weeks, most teams are transitioning from adding players to solving problems with the players in camp. The American League East Division has always been one of the toughest divisions in the sport, but the...
by Gary Armida | Jan 23, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
Wednesday January 22nd may be a key day in the 2014 Baltimore Orioles’ season. The divide in the American League East division became more pronounced as the three teams have widened the gap between the other two.The Yankees will get all of the headlines of the day as...
by Gary Armida | Jan 12, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The inevitable finally became official when arbitrator Frederic Horowitz ruled that Alex Rodriguez be suspended for 162 games. While Rodriguez did see a reduction in games suspended, this suspension will cost him all of 2014 and $26 million. The sideshow that became...
by Gary Armida | Jan 8, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
With the Hall of Fame voting finally easing its way off the trending screens, the focus can return to teams preparing for the 2014 season. While the Orioles have been quite quiet this winter, the rest of the division, particularly the Yankees, has been doing some...
by Michael Weber | Jan 7, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The Baseball Hall of Fame has a problem, a complicated one at that. The most important function of the Hall of Fame is to honor the best players that have ever lived with enshrinement in their museum. This is something that they have always left to the Baseball...