Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Chris Tillman’s Fantastic Start
Chris Tillman is the de facto ace of the Orioles' pitching staff. He was the Opening Day starter for the O's this season, and takes the #1 slot in the rotation for the club. While Tillman isn't a top 15 starter in MLB, he is the top guy in the O's rotation.This season...
AL East Beat: 5 Things, Week Two
The season is still fresh enough to have that feeling of newness and it doesn’t quite have the grind quality just yet. As teams are completing their second full week of action, the reality of the Major League Baseball season has set in. Pitching injuries are popping...
Series Preview: Orioles vs. Toronto Blue Jays April 11-13
The weekend series featuring the Toronto Blue Jays visiting the greatest stadium in sports, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, kicks off on Friday at 7:05. Finally, an evening game! Two, actually! The Blue Jays were projected to dwell at the bottom of the AL East by...
Closer by Committee
The ninth inning has historically been the domain of one dominant reliever, sent in to shut down whichever poor souls were scheduled to step into the batter's box. Relatively new research shows that the shutdown closer is less important than previously thought; it's...
Adam Jones and Hitting Behind in the Count
The other day while watching the game I heard Jim Palmer make a somewhat strange assertion. He said that Adam Jones hit better when behind in the count. Now, this could be a little bit of hyperbole, but it made me wonder if Jones is a better than average hitter when...
Series Preview: Orioles at New York Yankees
The schedule makers didn’t do the Orioles any great favors as the Orioles had an opening week that began with the defending champion Red Sox and concluded with a trip to reigning AL Central champion Detroit Tigers. On Sunday, Chris Tillman outdueled Justin Verlander...
Series Preview: Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers
The Baltimore Orioles opened their season with a three-game home series against the Boston Red Sox and wound up dropping two of three. They now face another tough task in taking on Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers. The Birds went 4-2 against the Tigers last...
Everything You Need to Know About the Last 10 Years in One Image
We're all too familiar with the Orioles' difficulties over a certain fifteen year period. While recent on-field successes have helped raise spirits in Baltimore, the sting of the late 1990s and 2000s still hurts across Birdland. It does however, make for some...