Baltimore Orioles Baseball

It’s win or go home for the Baltimore Orioles after losing for the first time all year when leading after the seventh inning (76-1). New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi chose, what I thought was a boneheaded decision, to pinch hit for Alex Rodriguez in the bottom of...

With all the buzzing going on in the land of the Baltimore Orioles because of the ALDS they are playing in against the New York Yankees, I’m sure that the Arizona Fall League beginning its season went fairly unnoticed last night. Each team in baseball sends a handful...

After the Orioles dramatic victory over the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS, the series is tied 1-1 as the teams head to New York for the remainder of the series.  It would have been a monumental task for the Orioles to win 3 games in the Bronx, so winning Game 2 on...

It didn’t take long for the presence of the home plate to be felt during last night’s divisional series matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees. Many fans complained about Tony Randazzo’s strikezone in game one but after reviewing the data he...

It's April 4th and the season is just about to begin. A man walks up to you and pronounces that this club will be in the ALDS facing the Yankees. He states that Miguel Gonzalez (who?) will be the Game Three Starter. If you haven't laughed in his face yet, you might...

It’s been a while since I’ve covered umpire performance in a game, but I decided what better time to review the performance of our umpires than the playoffs. Last night’s divisional series game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles has some differing...

For the ALDS I wanted to take a look at who I thought was the pitching X Factor for the Orioles as we take on the Yankees.  Sure, I could make a compelling case for Jason Hammel since he's going to be the game 1 starter and could easily see 2 starts in the series.  I...