Baltimore Orioles Baseball

While last-night was a good night for the O's, the news yesterday afternoon was a bit more sober. It was announced yesterday that Jason Berken's MRI showed a slight-tear in his right-labrum, and shoulder-cuff inflammation. While it was 'good' news that Berken...

August 16th, 2010 was a pretty good night for the Baltimore Orioles. The O's rallied to tie their game in the 10th, and won the game in the 11th with a walk-off bunt from Adam Jones. This ended a two-game losing streak, and started the home-stand with a win. The...

The Toronto Blue Jays have extended the contract of their left-handed starter Ricky Romero with a 5 year, $30.1M deal. The deal starts next-year, and runs through 2015 with an option for 2016. It takes Romero through his arbitration years, and buys out the first year...

When you are 35 games under .500, a random game in August can only have so much importance. Still, it will be interesting to see if the O's can win their 4th consecutive series today. Obviously this (and every remaining game) means a lot to Tampa. The opportunity...

After Brad Bergesen's start on July 26th, I wrote that he should not make his next scheduled MLB start. That he needed to go back to AAA, and again find his control. Since that point, Bergesen has responded with 3 straight quality starts. He has lowered his era from...

On July 31st, I wrote a blog titled 'Show me something!', which can be found here: http://baltimoresportsandlife.blogspot.com/2010/07/show-me-something.htmlWhat I was writing about, was the need for the O's young core to produce some results during the remaining two...

I will not characterize the use of Alfredo Simon tonight as wrong, but it was an example of stubbornness from Orioles Manager Buck Showalter.We all understand that these last 50 games or so, is simply an evaluation period for Showalter. He wants to have a better grasp...