Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Looking forward to the O’s off-season
After sweeping a double-header yesterday against the Detroit Tigers, the Baltimore Orioles are now 65-95 with two games remaining in the 2010 season.65 wins represents a 1 game improvement over the 2009 season, which is frankly amazing considering the O's were 32-73...
O’s win, take 2 out of 3 in Tampa
Buoyed by 7 scoreless innings from veteran Kevin Millwood, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Rays 2-0 in Tampa. With the win, the O's moved to 4-1 against Tampa for the month. Since the All-Star break, the Orioles are now 34 and 36 overall. If Baltimore can take 3 of 4...
Matusz was dominating
Brian Matusz was pretty dominating last-night in the O's 4-0 win at Tampa. Matusz is not going to confuse anyone of Randy Johnson in his prime, but in his own way he was every bit as impressive. As Palmer pointed out on the telecast, Matusz's curve was in top-form....
Tejada Part 3?
If the O's were unable to obtain a legitimate multi-year option for SS, would you be opposed to Tejada returning to Baltimore for a 3rd time? He has played SS for the Padres since being traded. He has a .766 OPS as a Padre (.702 overall, .860 vs. LHP). Fangraphs.com...
Jim Johnson is not a starter
There is nobody associated with the Orioles organization that I respect more than Jim Palmer.The man was part of every Oriole World Series team, won 3 Cy Young Awards, and was a 20 game winner 8 times. (On another day we can discuss how many within the sabermetric...
Obvious questions for Wieters, Markakis, & Jones
As the O's get ready to stare another off-season in the face, lets identify some of the obvious questions that exist with some of their core players. In this piece, we will take a look at Wieters, Markakis, and Jones. Matt Wieters - By all accounts he has improved at...
After further examination, who are the O’s?
After further examination, who are the Baltimore Orioles?When Showalter took over the team August 2nd, the Orioles were 32-73. Since that point, the O's have gone 26-16. Neither one of those records can be discounted, because there is something to be learned from both...
O’s win 3rd consecutive September series
With the Orioles 5-3 victory in Detroit last-night, they have won their 3rd consecutive series here in September. If you are like me, you went into this 6 game road trip to New York and Detroit wondering how the Orioles would respond. They came within an inning of a...