Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Should Bundy be traded?
With the 4th pick in the 2011 MLB Draft, the Orioles passed on a chance to take the player many thought was the best player in the draft, Anthony Rendon, and instead took Dylan Bundy. Bundy was known as a polished high school pitcher who had top of the rotation...
AL East Infield Comparison
April 6th and Opening Day is coming ever closer for the Baltimore Orioles. Following their 2014 AL East Title, how do the O's currently compare vs. their fellow Divisional foes?We will start our comparisons with a look at the respective starting...
Should the Orioles sign Rafael Soriano?
Dan Duquette has been pretty up front about the idea that the team wants to add another pitcher to the bullpen. There are not a lot of guys left out there but one that is potentially intriguing is Rafael Soriano.(You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.)Soriano has...
Making the Most of Everth Cabrera
Why do you sign Everth Cabrera?It’s certainly not because of his exemplary moral character. American professional sports teams don’t traffic too much in morality -- there’s too much money involved. It’s a fundamentally amoral stance, which gets lauded as progressive...
J.J. Hardy’s Lost Power
It's awfully early in Spring Training for heavy questions. That didn't stop Peter Schmuck from laying one on the Orioles' recently extended shortstop:J.J. Hardy pondered the hypothetical question longer than most professional athletes might.If he had not spent most of...
A look at the BSL Media Survey
Last week, BSL owner Chris Stoner posted his media survey article. In that article, Chris got several local and national baseball writers to answer several questions regarding the Orioles upcoming season. In this article, I will respond to the results and give my...
Sunk Cost: Not Going Down With the S.S. Ubaldo
As Orioles players report to Sarasota for spring training, discussion turns to possibility and hope. Gone are the cold winter days wrought with worry of a front office exodus. The questions surrounding the team, ones that used to concern leadership and contracts and...
Baltimore Orioles 2015 Media Survey
Baltimore Sports and Life reached out to MLB Writers and Analysts from various local and National outlets to gauge their opinions on a number of O's related topics.It should be noted that several people who participated in this survey elected to keep their...