by Chris Stoner | Feb 10, 2011 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The more I look at the rest of the American League East division, the more optimistic I get about the forthcoming 2011 season for The Baltimore Orioles. Infield: Baltimore: Wieters, Lee, Roberts, Hardy, Reynolds Boston: Saltalamacchia, Gonzalez, Pedroia, Scutaro,...
by Chris Stoner | Nov 4, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The New York Yankees won their 27th World Title tonight, and even though I hate the Yankees more than the Pittsburgh Steelers, Duke Blue Devils, Boston RedSox, and North Carolina Tar Heels combined; I really do not care. All that matters to me as an Oriole fan, is...
by Chris Stoner | Jul 30, 2009 | Major League Baseball
It was reported today that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez tested positive for Steroids in 2003. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Apbx96KQJxGyJj6CMx8u51sRvLYF?slug=ge-mannyortiz073009&prov=yhoo&type=lgnsI am tired about the Steroid talk in baseball, but...
by Chris Stoner | Jul 10, 2009 | Major League Baseball
I will say up-front, that it is quite possible I just do not know enough about defensive stats. However, it seems to me that defensive stats are just poor. The old-standard used for years has been Range Factor.As I understand RF, it is Putouts + Assists x 9 divided by...
by Chris Stoner | May 9, 2009 | Major League Baseball
Here are links to a fantastic two-part article from Dan Turkenkopf of The Hardball Times about the idea of waisting...
by Chris Stoner | Mar 17, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
Brian Roberts had a great at-bat, working out of an 0-2 hole to JC Romero, and singling up the middle. It was the type of at-bat, that screams post-season esque baseball…. he then had a very important steal of 2nd base.Watching the US team explode after the...
